#56A8BE#56A8BE

#56A8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.086 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8BE
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -18.73, -18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 26.62, 225.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0681 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.086 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1310, 33.6989, 53.7800)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8BE #BE6C56

analogous

#56BEA0 #56A8BE #5674BE

triadic

#56A8BE #BE56A8 #A8BE56

tetradic

#56A8BE #A056BE #BE6C56 #74BE56

square

#56A8BE #A056BE #BE6C56 #74BE56

split-complementary

#56A8BE #BE5674 #BEA056

monochromatic

#2B606F #3C879B #56A8BE #82BFCF #AED6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#56A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#56A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8BE

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8BE	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)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.086 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2d1',
    500: '#56a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8be;
$custom-light: #8ec2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68849,
    "c": 0.08592,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8BE

secondary

#CEABA2

accent

#6F54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8BE

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

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