#56A1BF#56A1BF

#56A1BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.087 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1BF
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -14.72, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 26.94, 236.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0598 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.087 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9830, 31.2274, 53.9383)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1BF #BF7456

analogous

#56BFA9 #56A1BF #566DBF

triadic

#56A1BF #BF56A1 #A1BF56

tetradic

#56A1BF #A956BF #BF7456 #6DBF56

square

#56A1BF #A956BF #BF7456 #6DBF56

split-complementary

#56A1BF #BF566D #BFA956

monochromatic

#2A5C70 #3B819D #56A1BF #82BAD0 #AFD2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#56A1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#56A1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1BF

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1BF	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.087 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebcd2',
    500: '#56a1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1bf;
$custom-light: #8ebcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67244,
    "c": 0.08664,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1BF

secondary

#CFAFA2

accent

#7853D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1BF

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

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