#56A2BD#56A2BD

#56A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.085 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2BD
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -15.85, -21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 26.39, 233.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0617 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.085 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9399, 31.4909, 52.8456)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2BD #BD7156

analogous

#56BDA5 #56A2BD #566FBD

triadic

#56A2BD #BD56A2 #A2BD56

tetradic

#56A2BD #A556BD #BD7156 #6FBD56

square

#56A2BD #A556BD #BD7156 #6FBD56

split-complementary

#56A2BD #BD566F #BDA556

monochromatic

#2B5C6E #3C819A #56A2BD #82BACE #AED2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#56A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#56A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2BD

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2BD	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.085 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdd1',
    500: '#56a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2bd;
$custom-light: #8dbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.728,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67396,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2BD

secondary

#CDADA1

accent

#7654D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2BD

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

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