#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
RGBrgb(86, 161, 202)
HSLhsl(201, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(201, 57%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(57.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.12, -11.38, -28.06)
CIE-LCHlch(63.12, 30.28, 247.93°)
OKLaboklab(67.72% -0.0558 -0.0783)
OKLCHoklch(67.72% 0.096 234.6)
XYZxyz(27.2393, 31.7299, 60.5547)
Luminance0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##56A1CA1.002.867.357.35
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3521.001.001.00
##0000007.3521.001.001.00

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

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#56A1CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva