#56A3BD#56A3BD

#56A3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.085 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3BD
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -16.38, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 26.36, 231.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0628 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.085 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1167, 31.8446, 52.9046)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3BD #BD7056

analogous

#56BDA4 #56A3BD #5670BD

triadic

#56A3BD #BD56A3 #A3BD56

tetradic

#56A3BD #A456BD #BD7056 #70BD56

square

#56A3BD #A456BD #BD7056 #70BD56

split-complementary

#56A3BD #BD5670 #BDA456

monochromatic

#2B5D6E #3C829A #56A3BD #82BBCE #AED3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#56A3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#56A3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3BD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3BD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.085 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbed1',
    500: '#56a3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3bd;
$custom-light: #8dbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.146,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67631,
    "c": 0.08503,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3BD

secondary

#CDADA1

accent

#7454D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3BD

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