#56A2C8#56A2C8

#56A2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.094 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2C8
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -12.54, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 29.42, 244.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0576 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.094 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1795, 31.9867, 59.3741)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2C8 #C87C56

analogous

#56C8B5 #56A2C8 #5669C8

triadic

#56A2C8 #C856A2 #A2C856

tetradic

#56A2C8 #B556C8 #C87C56 #69C856

square

#56A2C8 #B556C8 #C87C56 #69C856

split-complementary

#56A2C8 #C85669 #C8B556

monochromatic

#28607B #3783AA #56A2C8 #84BBD7 #B2D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#56A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#56A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2C8

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2C8	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.094 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbdd8',
    500: '#56a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2c8;
$custom-light: #8fbdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67861,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2C8

secondary

#D4B5A5

accent

#7C4DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2C8

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

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