#56B9DB#56B9DB

#56B9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B9DB
RGB	rgb(86, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -18.99, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 31.99, 233.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0755 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.104 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9678, 41.7874, 73.2798)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B9DB #DB7856

analogous

#56DBBA #56B9DB #5677DB

triadic

#56B9DB #DB56B9 #B9DB56

tetradic

#56B9DB #BA56DB #DB7856 #77DB56

square

#56B9DB #BA56DB #DB7856 #77DB56

split-complementary

#56B9DB #DB5677 #DBBA56

monochromatic

#207897 #2BA1C9 #56B9DB #88CEE6 #BBE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56B9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#56B9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B9DB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B9DB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cee6',
    500: '#56b9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b9db;
$custom-light: #92cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.338,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73991,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B9DB

secondary

#E0BAAD

accent

#6B40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B9DB

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

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