#56B6DC#56B6DC

#56B6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B6DC
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -17.12, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 32.45, 238.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.072 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.105 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4789, 40.5983, 73.7682)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B6DC #DC7C56

analogous

#56DCBF #56B6DC #5673DC

triadic

#56B6DC #DC56B6 #B6DC56

tetradic

#56B6DC #BF56DC #DC7C56 #73DC56

square

#56B6DC #BF56DC #DC7C56 #73DC56

split-complementary

#56B6DC #DC5673 #DCBF56

monochromatic

#207698 #2A9DCB #56B6DC #89CCE6 #BBE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#56B6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#56B6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B6DC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B6DC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cce7',
    500: '#56b6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b6dc;
$custom-light: #92cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7334,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B6DC

secondary

#E1BCAD

accent

#6F3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B6DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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