#56A3CC#56A3CC

#56A3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.097 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3CC
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -11.86, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 30.55, 247.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0573 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.097 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8299, 32.5299, 61.9273)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3CC #CC7F56

analogous

#56CCBA #56A3CC #5668CC

triadic

#56A3CC #CC56A3 #A3CC56

tetradic

#56A3CC #BA56CC #CC7F56 #68CC56

square

#56A3CC #BA56CC #CC7F56 #68CC56

split-complementary

#56A3CC #CC5668 #CCBA56

monochromatic

#276281 #3585B0 #56A3CC #85BDDA #B4D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#56A3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#56A3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3CC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3CC	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.097 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbedb',
    500: '#56a3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3cc;
$custom-light: #8fbedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.847,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68267,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3CC

secondary

#D7B8A7

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →