#56B6DF#56B6DF

#56B6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B6DF
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -16.20, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 33.24, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0709 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.108 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8798, 40.7586, 75.8795)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B6DF #DF7F56

analogous

#56DFC3 #56B6DF #5671DF

triadic

#56B6DF #DF56B6 #B6DF56

tetradic

#56B6DF #C356DF #DF7F56 #71DF56

square

#56B6DF #C356DF #DF7F56 #71DF56

split-complementary

#56B6DF #DF5671 #DFC356

monochromatic

#1E779D #279ED0 #56B6DF #89CCE9 #BDE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#56B6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#56B6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B6DF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B6DF	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cce9',
    500: '#56b6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b6df;
$custom-light: #92cce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.956,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73467,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B6DF

secondary

#E2BEAE

accent

#4D15D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B6DF

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

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