#56A2CA#56A2CA

#56A2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.096 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2CA
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 202)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -11.92, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 30.08, 246.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0569 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.096 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4147, 32.0808, 60.6132)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2CA #CA7E56

analogous

#56CAB8 #56A2CA #5668CA

triadic

#56A2CA #CA56A2 #A2CA56

tetradic

#56A2CA #B856CA #CA7E56 #68CA56

square

#56A2CA #B856CA #CA7E56 #68CA56

split-complementary

#56A2CA #CA5668 #CAB856

monochromatic

#28607E #3684AD #56A2CA #85BCD9 #B3D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#56A2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#56A2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2CA

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2CA	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.096 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbdda',
    500: '#56a2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2ca;
$custom-light: #8fbdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67948,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2CA

secondary

#D6B7A6

accent

#7E4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2CA

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

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