#56A5BF#56A5BF

#56A5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.086 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5BF
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -16.85, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 26.74, 230.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0643 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.086 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6932, 32.6479, 54.1751)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5BF #BF7056

analogous

#56BFA5 #56A5BF #5671BF

triadic

#56A5BF #BF56A5 #A5BF56

tetradic

#56A5BF #A556BF #BF7056 #71BF56

square

#56A5BF #A556BF #BF7056 #71BF56

split-complementary

#56A5BF #BF5671 #BFA556

monochromatic

#2A5F70 #3B849D #56A5BF #82BDD0 #AFD4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#56A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#56A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5BF

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5BF	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8696BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.086 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfd2',
    500: '#56a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5bf;
$custom-light: #8ebfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68182,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5BF

secondary

#CFADA2

accent

#7353D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5BF

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

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