#56A1CF#56A1CF

#56A1CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.101 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1CF
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 207)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -9.83, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 32.08, 252.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.054 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.101 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8409, 31.9706, 63.7231)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1CF #CF8456

analogous

#56CFC0 #56A1CF #5665CF

triadic

#56A1CF #CF56A1 #A1CF56

tetradic

#56A1CF #C056CF #CF8456 #65CF56

square

#56A1CF #C056CF #CF8456 #65CF56

split-complementary

#56A1CF #CF5665 #CFC056

monochromatic

#266185 #3383B5 #56A1CF #86BCDD #B5D6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#56A1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#56A1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1CF

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1CF	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.101 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbcdd',
    500: '#56a1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1cf;
$custom-light: #8fbcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.81,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67942,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1CF

secondary

#D9BBA8

accent

#8249DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1CF

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

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