#56A6BB#56A6BB

#56A6BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.084 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6BB
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -18.55, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 26.06, 224.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.067 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.084 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4401, 32.8363, 51.9488)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6BB #BB6B56

analogous

#56BB9D #56A6BB #5673BB

triadic

#56A6BB #BB56A6 #A6BB56

tetradic

#56A6BB #9D56BB #BB6B56 #73BB56

square

#56A6BB #9D56BB #BB6B56 #73BB56

split-complementary

#56A6BB #BB5673 #BB9D56

monochromatic

#2B5E6B #3D8497 #56A6BB #82BDCD #ADD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#56A6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#56A6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6BB

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6BB	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.084 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc0cf',
    500: '#56a6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6bb;
$custom-light: #8dc0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.475,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68258,
    "c": 0.08401,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6BB

secondary

#CCAAA1

accent

#6F55D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6BB

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

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