#56A8CE#56A8CE

#56A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.097 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8CE
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -13.95, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 30.31, 242.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.062 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.097 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9767, 34.4372, 63.5005)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8CE #CE7C56

analogous

#56CEB8 #56A8CE #566CCE

triadic

#56A8CE #CE56A8 #A8CE56

tetradic

#56A8CE #B856CE #CE7C56 #6CCE56

square

#56A8CE #B856CE #CE7C56 #6CCE56

split-complementary

#56A8CE #CE566C #CEB856

monochromatic

#266683 #348BB3 #56A8CE #85C0DC #B5D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#56A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#56A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8CE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8CE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.097 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1dd',
    500: '#56a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8ce;
$custom-light: #8fc1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6951,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8CE

secondary

#D8B7A8

accent

#7949DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8CE

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

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