#56879B#56879B

#56879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.061 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56879B
RGB	rgb(86, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(197, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -11.00, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 19.29, 235.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0425 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.061 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4160, 21.6716, 34.2166)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56879B #9B6A56

analogous

#569B8D #56879B #56659B

triadic

#56879B #9B5687 #879B56

tetradic

#56879B #8D569B #9B6A56 #659B56

square

#56879B #8D569B #9B6A56 #659B56

split-complementary

#56879B #9B5665 #9B8D56

monochromatic

#2A424C #406574 #56879B #79A4B5 #A1BFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#56879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#56879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56879B

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56879B	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.061 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aab8',
    500: '#56879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56879b;
$custom-light: #89aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 28.631,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59626,
    "c": 0.06098,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56879B

secondary

#B89F95

accent

#7F63C5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #56879B

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

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