Color

#56abdc

#56abdc
hex#56abdc
rgbrgb(86, 171, 220)
hslhsl(202, 66%, 60%)
oklchoklch(0.708 0.109 236.4)
Closest name: Cousteau (#55a9d6)Relative luminance 0.3627

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#dc8756

#56dcca · #5668dc

#dc56ab · #abdc56

Split-complementary

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#dc5668 · #dcca56

#ca56dc · #dc8756 · #68dc56

Contrast

#56abdc as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.54:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #247bae as the text (4.65:1)
  • AAA: use #1b5d83 as the text (7.14:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.61:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.05:1)
Aaon black
8.25:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #56abdc as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#56abdc reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #56abdc
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #56abdc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/56abdc-9cb1c4-df4e5f-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md