#56B8DE#56B8DE

#56B8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8DE
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -17.56, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 32.76, 237.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0733 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.106 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1579, 41.5299, 75.3090)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8DE #DE7C56

analogous

#56DEC0 #56B8DE #5674DE

triadic

#56B8DE #DE56B8 #B8DE56

tetradic

#56B8DE #C056DE #DE7C56 #74DE56

square

#56B8DE #C056DE #DE7C56 #74DE56

split-complementary

#56B8DE #DE5674 #DEC056

monochromatic

#1E789B #28A0CE #56B8DE #89CEE8 #BCE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#56B8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#56B8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8DE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8DE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cde8',
    500: '#56b8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8de;
$custom-light: #92cde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73885,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8DE

secondary

#E2BCAE

accent

#4A16CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8DE

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