#56A3BB#56A3BB

#56A3BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.084 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3BB
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -16.97, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 25.96, 229.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0636 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.084 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9011, 31.7584, 51.7691)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3BB #BB6E56

analogous

#56BBA0 #56A3BB #5670BB

triadic

#56A3BB #BB56A3 #A3BB56

tetradic

#56A3BB #A056BB #BB6E56 #70BB56

square

#56A3BB #A056BB #BB6E56 #70BB56

split-complementary

#56A3BB #BB5670 #BBA056

monochromatic

#2B5C6B #3D8297 #56A3BB #82BBCD #ADD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#56A3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#56A3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3BB

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3BB	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.084 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbecf',
    500: '#56a3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3bb;
$custom-light: #8dbecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.257,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6755,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3BB

secondary

#CCABA1

accent

#7355D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3BB

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

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