#56A2BB#56A2BB

#56A2BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.084 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2BB
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -16.44, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 25.96, 230.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0625 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.084 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7243, 31.4047, 51.7102)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2BB #BB6F56

analogous

#56BBA1 #56A2BB #566FBB

triadic

#56A2BB #BB56A2 #A2BB56

tetradic

#56A2BB #A156BB #BB6F56 #6FBB56

square

#56A2BB #A156BB #BB6F56 #6FBB56

split-complementary

#56A2BB #BB566F #BBA156

monochromatic

#2B5C6B #3D8197 #56A2BB #82BACD #ADD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#56A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#56A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2BB

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2BB	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.084 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdcf',
    500: '#56a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2bb;
$custom-light: #8dbdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.851,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67315,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2BB

secondary

#CCABA1

accent

#7455D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2BB

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

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