#56A4BB#56A4BB

#56A4BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.084 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4BB
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -17.50, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 25.98, 227.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0647 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.084 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0794, 32.1149, 51.8285)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4BB #BB6D56

analogous

#56BB9F #56A4BB #5671BB

triadic

#56A4BB #BB56A4 #A4BB56

tetradic

#56A4BB #9F56BB #BB6D56 #71BB56

square

#56A4BB #9F56BB #BB6D56 #71BB56

split-complementary

#56A4BB #BB5671 #BB9F56

monochromatic

#2B5D6B #3D8297 #56A4BB #82BBCD #ADD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#56A4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#56A4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4BB

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4BB	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.084 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfcf',
    500: '#56a4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4bb;
$custom-light: #8dbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.663,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67786,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4BB

secondary

#CCABA1

accent

#7255D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4BB

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

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