#56B7DB#56B7DB

#56B7DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7DB
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -17.94, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 32.11, 236.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0734 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.104 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5524, 40.9565, 73.1413)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7DB #DB7A56

analogous

#56DBBD #56B7DB #5674DB

triadic

#56B7DB #DB56B7 #B7DB56

tetradic

#56B7DB #BD56DB #DB7A56 #74DB56

square

#56B7DB #BD56DB #DB7A56 #74DB56

split-complementary

#56B7DB #DB5674 #DBBD56

monochromatic

#207697 #2B9EC9 #56B7DB #88CCE6 #BBE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56B7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#56B7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7DB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7DB	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cce6',
    500: '#56b7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7db;
$custom-light: #92cce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7DB

secondary

#E0BBAD

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7DB

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

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