#56A8CA#56A8CA

#56A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.094 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8CA
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -15.16, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 29.18, 238.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0635 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.094 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4970, 34.2453, 60.9739)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8CA #CA7856

analogous

#56CAB2 #56A8CA #566ECA

triadic

#56A8CA #CA56A8 #A8CA56

tetradic

#56A8CA #B256CA #CA7856 #6ECA56

square

#56A8CA #B256CA #CA7856 #6ECA56

split-complementary

#56A8CA #CA566E #CAB256

monochromatic

#28657E #368AAD #56A8CA #85C0D9 #B3D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#56A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#56A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8CA

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8CA	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.094 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2da',
    500: '#56a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8ca;
$custom-light: #8fc2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.586,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69339,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8CA

secondary

#D6B4A6

accent

#764CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8CA

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

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