#56A6CE#56A6CE

#56A6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.098 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6CE
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -12.87, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 30.64, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0598 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.098 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6103, 33.7044, 63.3784)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6CE #CE7E56

analogous

#56CEBA #56A6CE #566ACE

triadic

#56A6CE #CE56A6 #A6CE56

tetradic

#56A6CE #BA56CE #CE7E56 #6ACE56

square

#56A6CE #BA56CE #CE7E56 #6ACE56

split-complementary

#56A6CE #CE566A #CEBA56

monochromatic

#266483 #3489B3 #56A6CE #85BFDC #B5D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#56A6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#56A6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6CE

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6CE	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.098 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc0dd',
    500: '#56a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6ce;
$custom-light: #8fc0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69047,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6CE

secondary

#D8B8A8

accent

#7B49DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6CE

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

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