#56A0BC#56A0BC

#56A0BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.084 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0BC
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -15.07, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 26.26, 234.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0598 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.084 225)
XYZ	xyz(25.4822, 30.7486, 52.1594)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0BC #BC7256

analogous

#56BCA5 #56A0BC #566DBC

triadic

#56A0BC #BC56A0 #A0BC56

tetradic

#56A0BC #A556BC #BC7256 #6DBC56

square

#56A0BC #A556BC #BC7256 #6DBC56

split-complementary

#56A0BC #BC566D #BCA556

monochromatic

#2B5B6D #3C7F98 #56A0BC #82B9CD #AED1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#56A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#56A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0BC

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0BC	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.084 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcd0',
    500: '#56a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0bc;
$custom-light: #8dbcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66886,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.30751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0BC

secondary

#CDADA1

accent

#7755D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0BC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →