#56A3BA#56A3BA

#56A3BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.083 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3BA
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 186)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -17.26, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 25.77, 227.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.064 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.083 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7945, 31.7157, 51.2073)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3BA #BA6D56

analogous

#56BA9F #56A3BA #5671BA

triadic

#56A3BA #BA56A3 #A3BA56

tetradic

#56A3BA #9F56BA #BA6D56 #71BA56

square

#56A3BA #9F56BA #BA6D56 #71BA56

split-complementary

#56A3BA #BA5671 #BA9F56

monochromatic

#2B5C6A #3D8196 #56A3BA #81BBCC #ADD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#56A3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#56A3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3BA

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3BA	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.083 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbece',
    500: '#56a3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3ba;
$custom-light: #8dbece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.8,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6751,
    "c": 0.08311,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3BA

secondary

#CBAAA0

accent

#7256D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3BA

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

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