#56A4BE#56A4BE

#56A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.086 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4BE
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -16.62, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 26.55, 231.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0636 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.086 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4039, 32.2447, 53.5376)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4BE #BE7056

analogous

#56BEA4 #56A4BE #5670BE

triadic

#56A4BE #BE56A4 #A4BE56

tetradic

#56A4BE #A456BE #BE7056 #70BE56

square

#56A4BE #A456BE #BE7056 #70BE56

split-complementary

#56A4BE #BE5670 #BEA456

monochromatic

#2B5E6F #3C839B #56A4BE #82BCCF #AED4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#56A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#56A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4BE

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4BE	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.086 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfd1',
    500: '#56a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4be;
$custom-light: #8ebfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67907,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4BE

secondary

#CEADA2

accent

#7454D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4BE

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

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