#56A2CD#56A2CD

#56A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.099 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2CD
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -11.00, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 31.11, 249.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0558 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.099 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7734, 32.2243, 62.5021)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2CD #CD8156

analogous

#56CDBD #56A2CD #5666CD

triadic

#56A2CD #CD56A2 #A2CD56

tetradic

#56A2CD #BD56CD #CD8156 #66CD56

square

#56A2CD #BD56CD #CD8156 #66CD56

split-complementary

#56A2CD #CD5666 #CDBD56

monochromatic

#266182 #3484B1 #56A2CD #85BCDB #B4D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#56A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#56A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2CD

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2CD	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.099 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbddc',
    500: '#56a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2cd;
$custom-light: #8fbddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.681,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68081,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2CD

secondary

#D8B9A7

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2CD

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

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