#56A2CB#56A2CB

#56A2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.097 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2CB
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -11.62, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 30.41, 247.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0565 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.097 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5335, 32.1283, 61.2387)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2CB #CB7F56

analogous

#56CBBA #56A2CB #5668CB

triadic

#56A2CB #CB56A2 #A2CB56

tetradic

#56A2CB #BA56CB #CB7F56 #68CB56

square

#56A2CB #BA56CB #CB7F56 #68CB56

split-complementary

#56A2CB #CB5668 #CBBA56

monochromatic

#27607F #3684AE #56A2CB #85BCD9 #B4D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#56A2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#56A2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2CB

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2CB	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.097 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbddb',
    500: '#56a2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2cb;
$custom-light: #8fbddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.026,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67992,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2CB

secondary

#D6B7A6

accent

#7E4BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2CB

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

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