#56A8CD#56A8CD

#56A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.097 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8CD
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -14.25, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 30.02, 241.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0624 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.097 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8556, 34.3888, 62.8628)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8CD #CD7B56

analogous

#56CDB6 #56A8CD #566DCD

triadic

#56A8CD #CD56A8 #A8CD56

tetradic

#56A8CD #B656CD #CD7B56 #6DCD56

square

#56A8CD #B656CD #CD7B56 #6DCD56

split-complementary

#56A8CD #CD566D #CDB656

monochromatic

#266682 #348BB1 #56A8CD #85C0DB #B4D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#56A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#56A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8CD

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8CD	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.097 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1dc',
    500: '#56a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8cd;
$custom-light: #8fc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69467,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8CD

secondary

#D8B6A7

accent

#784ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8CD

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

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