#56A3CE#56A3CE

#56A3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.099 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3CE
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -11.24, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 31.24, 248.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0566 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.099 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0713, 32.6264, 63.1987)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3CE #CE8156

analogous

#56CEBD #56A3CE #5667CE

triadic

#56A3CE #CE56A3 #A3CE56

tetradic

#56A3CE #BD56CE #CE8156 #67CE56

square

#56A3CE #BD56CE #CE8156 #67CE56

split-complementary

#56A3CE #CE5667 #CEBD56

monochromatic

#266283 #3485B3 #56A3CE #85BDDC #B5D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#56A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#56A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3CE

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3CE	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.099 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbedd',
    500: '#56a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3ce;
$custom-light: #8fbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68356,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3CE

secondary

#D8B9A8

accent

#7F49DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3CE

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

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