#56B6DD#56B6DD

#56B6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.106 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B6DD
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -16.81, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 32.71, 239.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0716 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.106 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6117, 40.6514, 74.4678)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B6DD #DD7D56

analogous

#56DDC0 #56B6DD #5673DD

triadic

#56B6DD #DD56B6 #B6DD56

tetradic

#56B6DD #C056DD #DD7D56 #73DD56

square

#56B6DD #C056DD #DD7D56 #73DD56

split-complementary

#56B6DD #DD5673 #DDC056

monochromatic

#1F769A #299DCD #56B6DD #89CCE7 #BCE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#56B6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#56B6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B6DD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B6DD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.106 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cce7',
    500: '#56b6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b6dd;
$custom-light: #92cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73382,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B6DD

secondary

#E1BCAE

accent

#4C17CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B6DD

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

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