#56A3CB#56A3CB

#56A3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.096 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3CB
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -12.16, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 30.22, 246.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0576 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.096 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7104, 32.4821, 61.2977)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3CB #CB7E56

analogous

#56CBB9 #56A3CB #5669CB

triadic

#56A3CB #CB56A3 #A3CB56

tetradic

#56A3CB #B956CB #CB7E56 #69CB56

square

#56A3CB #B956CB #CB7E56 #69CB56

split-complementary

#56A3CB #CB5669 #CBB956

monochromatic

#27617F #3685AE #56A3CB #85BCD9 #B4D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#56A3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#56A3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3CB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3CB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.096 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbedb',
    500: '#56a3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3cb;
$custom-light: #8fbedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.513,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68223,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3CB

secondary

#D6B7A6

accent

#7D4BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3CB

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

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