#56A4CD#56A4CD

#56A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.098 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4CD
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -12.09, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 30.69, 246.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.058 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.098 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1285, 32.9345, 62.6204)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4CD #CD7F56

analogous

#56CDBA #56A4CD #5669CD

triadic

#56A4CD #CD56A4 #A4CD56

tetradic

#56A4CD #BA56CD #CD7F56 #69CD56

square

#56A4CD #BA56CD #CD7F56 #69CD56

split-complementary

#56A4CD #CD5669 #CDBA56

monochromatic

#266382 #3486B1 #56A4CD #85BDDB #B4D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#56A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#56A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4CD

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4CD	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.098 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdc',
    500: '#56a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4cd;
$custom-light: #8fbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.672,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68542,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4CD

secondary

#D8B8A7

accent

#7D4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4CD

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

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