#56A6CA#56A6CA

#56A6CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.095 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6CA
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -14.09, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 29.42, 241.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0613 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.095 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1306, 33.5125, 60.8518)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6CA #CA7A56

analogous

#56CAB4 #56A6CA #566CCA

triadic

#56A6CA #CA56A6 #A6CA56

tetradic

#56A6CA #B456CA #CA7A56 #6CCA56

square

#56A6CA #B456CA #CA7A56 #6CCA56

split-complementary

#56A6CA #CA566C #CAB456

monochromatic

#28637E #3688AD #56A6CA #85BFD9 #B3D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#56A6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#56A6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6CA

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6CA	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.095 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc0da',
    500: '#56a6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6ca;
$custom-light: #8fc0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68874,
    "c": 0.09452,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6CA

secondary

#D6B5A6

accent

#794CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6CA

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

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