#56A5CC#56A5CC

#56A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.097 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5CC
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -12.94, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 30.18, 244.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0595 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.097 232)
XYZ	xyz(28.1878, 33.2457, 62.0466)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5CC #CC7D56

analogous

#56CCB8 #56A5CC #566ACC

triadic

#56A5CC #CC56A5 #A5CC56

tetradic

#56A5CC #B856CC #CC7D56 #6ACC56

square

#56A5CC #B856CC #CC7D56 #6ACC56

split-complementary

#56A5CC #CC566A #CCB856

monochromatic

#276381 #3587B0 #56A5CC #85BEDA #B4D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#56A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#56A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5CC

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5CC	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.097 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdb',
    500: '#56a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5cc;
$custom-light: #8fbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.831,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68729,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.33248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5CC

secondary

#D7B7A7

accent

#7B4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5CC

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

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