#56B7DE#56B7DE

#56B7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7DE
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -17.03, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 32.86, 238.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0723 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.107 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9509, 41.1159, 75.2400)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7DE #DE7D56

analogous

#56DEC1 #56B7DE #5673DE

triadic

#56B7DE #DE56B7 #B7DE56

tetradic

#56B7DE #C156DE #DE7D56 #73DE56

square

#56B7DE #C156DE #DE7D56 #73DE56

split-complementary

#56B7DE #DE5673 #DEC156

monochromatic

#1E779B #289FCE #56B7DE #89CDE8 #BCE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56B7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#56B7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7DE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7DE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cce8',
    500: '#56b7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7de;
$custom-light: #92cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73655,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7DE

secondary

#E2BDAE

accent

#4B16CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7DE

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

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