#56A5CB#56A5CB

#56A5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.096 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5CB
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -13.25, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 29.86, 243.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0598 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.096 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0683, 33.1979, 61.4170)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5CB #CB7C56

analogous

#56CBB7 #56A5CB #566BCB

triadic

#56A5CB #CB56A5 #A5CB56

tetradic

#56A5CB #B756CB #CB7C56 #6BCB56

square

#56A5CB #B756CB #CB7C56 #6BCB56

split-complementary

#56A5CB #CB566B #CBB756

monochromatic

#27637F #3687AE #56A5CB #85BED9 #B4D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#56A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#56A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5CB

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5CB	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.096 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdb',
    500: '#56a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5cb;
$custom-light: #8fbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.487,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68686,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5CB

secondary

#D6B6A6

accent

#7B4BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5CB

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

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