#56A8BA#56A8BA

#56A8BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.084 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8BA
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(191, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -19.89, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 26.10, 220.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0697 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.084 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6998, 33.5264, 51.5091)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8BA #BA6856

analogous

#56BA9A #56A8BA #5676BA

triadic

#56A8BA #BA56A8 #A8BA56

tetradic

#56A8BA #9A56BA #BA6856 #76BA56

square

#56A8BA #9A56BA #BA6856 #76BA56

split-complementary

#56A8BA #BA5676 #BA9A56

monochromatic

#2B5F6A #3D8696 #56A8BA #81BECC #ADD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#56A8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#56A8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8BA

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8BA	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.084 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2ce',
    500: '#56a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8ba;
$custom-light: #8ec2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68693,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8BA

secondary

#CBA8A0

accent

#6C56D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8BA

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

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