#56B8DA#56B8DA

#56B8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8DA
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -18.77, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 31.82, 233.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0748 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.104 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6281, 41.3180, 72.5190)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8DA #DA7856

analogous

#56DABA #56B8DA #5676DA

triadic

#56B8DA #DA56B8 #B8DA56

tetradic

#56B8DA #BA56DA #DA7856 #76DA56

square

#56B8DA #BA56DA #DA7856 #76DA56

split-complementary

#56B8DA #DA5676 #DABA56

monochromatic

#217795 #2C9FC7 #56B8DA #88CDE5 #BAE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#56B8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#56B8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8DA

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8DA	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cde5',
    500: '#56b8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8da;
$custom-light: #92cde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.455,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73719,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8DA

secondary

#E0B9AC

accent

#6C41E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8DA

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

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