#56A0BD#56A0BD

#56A0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.085 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0BD
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -14.77, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 26.50, 236.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0594 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.085 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5904, 30.7919, 52.7291)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0BD #BD7356

analogous

#56BDA7 #56A0BD #566DBD

triadic

#56A0BD #BD56A0 #A0BD56

tetradic

#56A0BD #A756BD #BD7356 #6DBD56

square

#56A0BD #A756BD #BD7356 #6DBD56

split-complementary

#56A0BD #BD566D #BDA756

monochromatic

#2B5B6E #3C7F9A #56A0BD #82B9CE #AED1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#56A0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#56A0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0BD

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0BD	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.085 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcd1',
    500: '#56a0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0bd;
$custom-light: #8dbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.893,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66927,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0BD

secondary

#CDAEA1

accent

#7854D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0BD

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

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