#56A5BB#56A5BB

#56A5BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.084 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5BB
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -18.03, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 26.01, 226.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0659 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.084 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2590, 32.4742, 51.8884)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5BB #BB6C56

analogous

#56BB9E #56A5BB #5672BB

triadic

#56A5BB #BB56A5 #A5BB56

tetradic

#56A5BB #9E56BB #BB6C56 #72BB56

square

#56A5BB #9E56BB #BB6C56 #72BB56

split-complementary

#56A5BB #BB5672 #BB9E56

monochromatic

#2B5D6B #3D8397 #56A5BB #82BCCD #ADD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#56A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#56A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5BB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5BB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8895BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.084 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfcf',
    500: '#56a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5bb;
$custom-light: #8dbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.069,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68022,
    "c": 0.08389,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5BB

secondary

#CCAAA1

accent

#7155D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5BB

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

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