#56A2CC#56A2CC

#56A2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.098 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2CC
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -11.31, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 30.76, 248.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0562 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.098 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6531, 32.1762, 61.8684)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2CC #CC8056

analogous

#56CCBB #56A2CC #5667CC

triadic

#56A2CC #CC56A2 #A2CC56

tetradic

#56A2CC #BB56CC #CC8056 #67CC56

square

#56A2CC #BB56CC #CC8056 #67CC56

split-complementary

#56A2CC #CC5667 #CCBB56

monochromatic

#276181 #3584B0 #56A2CC #85BCDA #B4D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#56A2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#56A2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2CC

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2CC	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.098 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbddb',
    500: '#56a2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2cc;
$custom-light: #8fbddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.356,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68037,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2CC

secondary

#D7B8A7

accent

#7F4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2CC

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

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