#56A2BC#56A2BC

#56A2BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.084 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2BC
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -16.14, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 26.17, 231.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0621 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.084 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8317, 31.4476, 52.2759)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2BC #BC7056

analogous

#56BCA3 #56A2BC #566FBC

triadic

#56A2BC #BC56A2 #A2BC56

tetradic

#56A2BC #A356BC #BC7056 #6FBC56

square

#56A2BC #A356BC #BC7056 #6FBC56

split-complementary

#56A2BC #BC566F #BCA356

monochromatic

#2B5C6D #3C8198 #56A2BC #82BACD #AED2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#56A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#56A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2BC

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2BC	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.084 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdd0',
    500: '#56a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2bc;
$custom-light: #8dbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67355,
    "c": 0.08437,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2BC

secondary

#CDACA1

accent

#7555D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2BC

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

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