#56A0BB#56A0BB

#56A0BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.084 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0BB
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, -15.37, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 26.02, 233.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0602 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.084 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3748, 30.7057, 51.5937)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0BB #BB7156

analogous

#56BBA3 #56A0BB #566DBB

triadic

#56A0BB #BB56A0 #A0BB56

tetradic

#56A0BB #A356BB #BB7156 #6DBB56

square

#56A0BB #A356BB #BB7156 #6DBB56

split-complementary

#56A0BB #BB566D #BBA356

monochromatic

#2B5A6B #3D7F97 #56A0BB #82B9CD #ADD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#56A0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#56A0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0BB

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0BB	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.084 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbccf',
    500: '#56a0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0bb;
$custom-light: #8dbccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66844,
    "c": 0.08375,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0BB

secondary

#CCACA1

accent

#7755D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0BB

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

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