#56A2BF#56A2BF

#56A2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.087 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2BF
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -15.25, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 26.86, 235.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0609 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.087 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1585, 31.5783, 53.9968)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2BF #BF7356

analogous

#56BFA7 #56A2BF #566EBF

triadic

#56A2BF #BF56A2 #A2BF56

tetradic

#56A2BF #A756BF #BF7356 #6EBF56

square

#56A2BF #A756BF #BF7356 #6EBF56

split-complementary

#56A2BF #BF566E #BFA756

monochromatic

#2A5D70 #3B829D #56A2BF #82BAD0 #AFD3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#56A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#56A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2BF

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2BF	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.087 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebdd2',
    500: '#56a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2bf;
$custom-light: #8ebdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67479,
    "c": 0.08651,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2BF

secondary

#CFAEA2

accent

#7753D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2BF

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

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