#56A5CA#56A5CA

#56A5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.095 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5CA
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -13.55, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 29.56, 242.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0602 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.095 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9495, 33.1504, 60.7914)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5CA #CA7B56

analogous

#56CAB5 #56A5CA #566BCA

triadic

#56A5CA #CA56A5 #A5CA56

tetradic

#56A5CA #B556CA #CA7B56 #6BCA56

square

#56A5CA #B556CA #CA7B56 #6BCA56

split-complementary

#56A5CA #CA566B #CAB556

monochromatic

#28627E #3687AD #56A5CA #85BED9 #B3D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#56A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#56A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5CA

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5CA	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.095 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfda',
    500: '#56a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5ca;
$custom-light: #8fbfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.138,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68642,
    "c": 0.09479,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5CA

secondary

#D6B5A6

accent

#7A4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5CA

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

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