#56A3CD#56A3CD

#56A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.098 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3CD
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -11.55, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 30.89, 248.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0569 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.098 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9502, 32.5780, 62.5610)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3CD #CD8056

analogous

#56CDBB #56A3CD #5668CD

triadic

#56A3CD #CD56A3 #A3CD56

tetradic

#56A3CD #BB56CD #CD8056 #68CD56

square

#56A3CD #BB56CD #CD8056 #68CD56

split-complementary

#56A3CD #CD5668 #CDBB56

monochromatic

#266282 #3485B1 #56A3CD #85BDDB #B4D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#56A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#56A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3CD

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3CD	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.098 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbedc',
    500: '#56a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3cd;
$custom-light: #8fbedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68311,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3CD

secondary

#D8B8A7

accent

#7E4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3CD

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

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