#56A5CE#56A5CE

#56A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.098 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5CE
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -12.33, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 30.82, 246.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0587 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.098 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4292, 33.3423, 63.3181)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5CE #CE7F56

analogous

#56CEBB #56A5CE #5669CE

triadic

#56A5CE #CE56A5 #A5CE56

tetradic

#56A5CE #BB56CE #CE7F56 #69CE56

square

#56A5CE #BB56CE #CE7F56 #69CE56

split-complementary

#56A5CE #CE5669 #CEBB56

monochromatic

#266483 #3488B3 #56A5CE #85BEDC #B5D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#56A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#56A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5CE

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5CE	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.098 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdd',
    500: '#56a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5ce;
$custom-light: #8fbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68817,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5CE

secondary

#D8B8A8

accent

#7C49DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5CE

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

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