#56A4CE#56A4CE

#56A4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.099 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4CE
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -11.78, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 31.02, 247.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0577 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.099 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2496, 32.9829, 63.2582)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4CE #CE8056

analogous

#56CEBC #56A4CE #5668CE

triadic

#56A4CE #CE56A4 #A4CE56

tetradic

#56A4CE #BC56CE #CE8056 #68CE56

square

#56A4CE #BC56CE #CE8056 #68CE56

split-complementary

#56A4CE #CE5668 #CEBC56

monochromatic

#266383 #3486B3 #56A4CE #85BEDC #B5D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#56A4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#56A4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4CE

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4CE	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.099 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdd',
    500: '#56a4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4ce;
$custom-light: #8fbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68586,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4CE

secondary

#D8B9A8

accent

#7E49DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4CE

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

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