#56B7DD#56B7DD

#56B7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7DD
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -17.34, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 32.60, 237.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0727 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.106 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8173, 41.0625, 74.5363)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7DD #DD7C56

analogous

#56DDBF #56B7DD #5673DD

triadic

#56B7DD #DD56B7 #B7DD56

tetradic

#56B7DD #BF56DD #DD7C56 #73DD56

square

#56B7DD #BF56DD #DD7C56 #73DD56

split-complementary

#56B7DD #DD5673 #DDBF56

monochromatic

#1F779A #299FCD #56B7DD #89CDE7 #BCE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56B7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#56B7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7DD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7DD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cce7',
    500: '#56b7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7dd;
$custom-light: #92cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7DD

secondary

#E1BCAE

accent

#4B17CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7DD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →