#56A1CA#56A1CA

#56A1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.096 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1CA
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -11.38, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 30.28, 247.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0558 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.096 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2393, 31.7299, 60.5547)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1CA #CA7F56

analogous

#56CAB9 #56A1CA #5667CA

triadic

#56A1CA #CA56A1 #A1CA56

tetradic

#56A1CA #B956CA #CA7F56 #67CA56

square

#56A1CA #B956CA #CA7F56 #67CA56

split-complementary

#56A1CA #CA5667 #CAB956

monochromatic

#285F7E #3683AD #56A1CA #85BBD9 #B3D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#56A1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#56A1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1CA

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1CA	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.096 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbcda',
    500: '#56a1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1ca;
$custom-light: #8fbcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.207,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67717,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1CA

secondary

#D6B7A6

accent

#7F4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1CA

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

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