#56A3BF#56A3BF

#56A3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.086 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3BF
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -15.79, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 26.81, 233.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.062 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.086 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3353, 31.9320, 54.0558)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3BF #BF7256

analogous

#56BFA7 #56A3BF #566FBF

triadic

#56A3BF #BF56A3 #A3BF56

tetradic

#56A3BF #A756BF #BF7256 #6FBF56

square

#56A3BF #A756BF #BF7256 #6FBF56

split-complementary

#56A3BF #BF566F #BFA756

monochromatic

#2A5E70 #3B839D #56A3BF #82BBD0 #AFD3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#56A3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#56A3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3BF

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3BF	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.086 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebed2',
    500: '#56a3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3bf;
$custom-light: #8ebed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67713,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3BF

secondary

#CFAEA2

accent

#7653D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3BF

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

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