#56A8BF#56A8BF

#56A8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.086 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8BF
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -18.44, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 26.78, 226.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0677 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.086 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2407, 33.7428, 54.3576)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8BF #BF6D56

analogous

#56BFA2 #56A8BF #5674BF

triadic

#56A8BF #BF56A8 #A8BF56

tetradic

#56A8BF #A256BF #BF6D56 #74BF56

square

#56A8BF #A256BF #BF6D56 #74BF56

split-complementary

#56A8BF #BF5674 #BFA256

monochromatic

#2A6170 #3B879D #56A8BF #82BFD0 #AFD6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#56A8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#56A8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8BF

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8BF	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.086 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2d2',
    500: '#56a8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8bf;
$custom-light: #8ec2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68888,
    "c": 0.08649,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8BF

secondary

#CFACA2

accent

#6F53D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8BF

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

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