#56B7DC#56B7DC

#56B7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7DC
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -17.64, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 32.35, 236.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.073 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.105 226)
XYZ	xyz(33.6844, 41.0093, 73.8367)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7DC #DC7B56

analogous

#56DCBE #56B7DC #5674DC

triadic

#56B7DC #DC56B7 #B7DC56

tetradic

#56B7DC #BE56DC #DC7B56 #74DC56

square

#56B7DC #BE56DC #DC7B56 #74DC56

split-complementary

#56B7DC #DC5674 #DCBE56

monochromatic

#207798 #2A9ECB #56B7DC #89CDE6 #BBE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56B7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#56B7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7DC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7DC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cce7',
    500: '#56b7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7dc;
$custom-light: #92cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73571,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.41013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7DC

secondary

#E1BBAD

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7DC

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

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