#56A4BC#56A4BC

#56A4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.084 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4BC
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -17.21, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 26.16, 228.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0643 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.084 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1868, 32.1578, 52.3943)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4BC #BC6E56

analogous

#56BCA1 #56A4BC #5671BC

triadic

#56A4BC #BC56A4 #A4BC56

tetradic

#56A4BC #A156BC #BC6E56 #71BC56

square

#56A4BC #A156BC #BC6E56 #71BC56

split-complementary

#56A4BC #BC5671 #BCA156

monochromatic

#2B5D6D #3C8398 #56A4BC #82BCCD #AED3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#56A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#56A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4BC

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4BC	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.084 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfd0',
    500: '#56a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4bc;
$custom-light: #8dbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67826,
    "c": 0.08441,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4BC

secondary

#CDABA1

accent

#7355D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4BC

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

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