#56A1BE#56A1BE

#56A1BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.086 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1BE
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -15.01, -22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 26.68, 235.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0602 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.086 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8733, 31.1836, 53.3608)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1BE #BE7356

analogous

#56BEA7 #56A1BE #566DBE

triadic

#56A1BE #BE56A1 #A1BE56

tetradic

#56A1BE #A756BE #BE7356 #6DBE56

square

#56A1BE #A756BE #BE7356 #6DBE56

split-complementary

#56A1BE #BE566D #BEA756

monochromatic

#2B5C6F #3C819B #56A1BE #82BACF #AED2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#56A1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#56A1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1BE

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1BE	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.086 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcd1',
    500: '#56a1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1be;
$custom-light: #8dbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.731,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67203,
    "c": 0.08587,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1BE

secondary

#CEAEA2

accent

#7754D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1BE

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

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