#56B9DF#56B9DF

#56B9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B9DF
RGB	rgb(86, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -17.78, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 32.91, 237.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.074 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.107 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5007, 42.0006, 76.0864)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B9DF #DF7C56

analogous

#56DFC0 #56B9DF #5675DF

triadic

#56B9DF #DF56B9 #B9DF56

tetradic

#56B9DF #C056DF #DF7C56 #75DF56

square

#56B9DF #C056DF #DF7C56 #75DF56

split-complementary

#56B9DF #DF5675 #DFC056

monochromatic

#1E7A9D #27A2D0 #56B9DF #89CEE9 #BDE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56B9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#56B9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B9DF

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B9DF	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cee9',
    500: '#56b9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b9df;
$custom-light: #92cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74158,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B9DF

secondary

#E2BDAE

accent

#4915D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B9DF

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

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