#56B9DA#56B9DA

#56B9DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.103 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B9DA
RGB	rgb(86, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -19.29, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 31.78, 232.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0759 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.103 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8366, 41.7349, 72.5885)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B9DA #DA7756

analogous

#56DAB9 #56B9DA #5677DA

triadic

#56B9DA #DA56B9 #B9DA56

tetradic

#56B9DA #B956DA #DA7756 #77DA56

square

#56B9DA #B956DA #DA7756 #77DA56

split-complementary

#56B9DA #DA5677 #DAB956

monochromatic

#217895 #2CA0C7 #56B9DA #88CEE5 #BAE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56B9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#56B9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B9DA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B9DA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.103 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cee5',
    500: '#56b9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b9da;
$custom-light: #92cee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7395,
    "c": 0.10343,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B9DA

secondary

#E0B9AC

accent

#6A41E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B9DA

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

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