#56A3C8#56A3C8

#56A3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.094 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3C8
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -13.08, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 29.26, 243.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0587 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.094 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3563, 32.3404, 59.4331)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3C8 #C87B56

analogous

#56C8B4 #56A3C8 #566AC8

triadic

#56A3C8 #C856A3 #A3C856

tetradic

#56A3C8 #B456C8 #C87B56 #6AC856

square

#56A3C8 #B456C8 #C87B56 #6AC856

split-complementary

#56A3C8 #C8566A #C8B456

monochromatic

#28607B #3784AA #56A3C8 #84BCD7 #B2D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#56A3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#56A3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3C8

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3C8	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.094 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbed8',
    500: '#56a3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3c8;
$custom-light: #8fbed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68093,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3C8

secondary

#D4B5A5

accent

#7B4DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3C8

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

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