#56A0CE#56A0CE

#56A0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.101 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0CE
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -9.59, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 31.96, 252.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0533 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.101 238)
XYZ	xyz(27.5450, 31.5737, 63.0233)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0CE #CE8456

analogous

#56CEC0 #56A0CE #5664CE

triadic

#56A0CE #CE56A0 #A0CE56

tetradic

#56A0CE #C056CE #CE8456 #64CE56

square

#56A0CE #C056CE #CE8456 #64CE56

split-complementary

#56A0CE #CE5664 #CEC056

monochromatic

#266083 #3482B3 #56A0CE #85BBDC #B5D5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#56A0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#56A0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0CE

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0CE	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.101 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbcdd',
    500: '#56a0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0ce;
$custom-light: #8fbcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67667,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.31576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0CE

secondary

#D8BAA8

accent

#8349DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0CE

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

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