#56B8DC#56B8DC

#56B8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8DC
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -18.16, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 32.27, 235.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0741 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.105 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8914, 41.4233, 73.9057)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8DC #DC7A56

analogous

#56DCBD #56B8DC #5675DC

triadic

#56B8DC #DC56B8 #B8DC56

tetradic

#56B8DC #BD56DC #DC7A56 #75DC56

square

#56B8DC #BD56DC #DC7A56 #75DC56

split-complementary

#56B8DC #DC5675 #DCBD56

monochromatic

#207898 #2AA0CB #56B8DC #89CDE6 #BBE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#56B8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#56B8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8DC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8DC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cde7',
    500: '#56b8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8dc;
$custom-light: #92cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8DC

secondary

#E1BBAD

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8DC

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

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