#56A8CF#56A8CF

#56A8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.098 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8CF
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -13.64, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 30.61, 243.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0617 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.098 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0986, 34.4859, 64.1424)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8CF #CF7D56

analogous

#56CFBA #56A8CF #566CCF

triadic

#56A8CF #CF56A8 #A8CF56

tetradic

#56A8CF #BA56CF #CF7D56 #6CCF56

square

#56A8CF #BA56CF #CF7D56 #6CCF56

split-complementary

#56A8CF #CF566C #CFBA56

monochromatic

#266685 #338BB5 #56A8CF #86C1DD #B5D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#56A8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#56A8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8CF

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8CF	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.098 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1dd',
    500: '#56a8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8cf;
$custom-light: #90c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69553,
    "c": 0.09823,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8CF

secondary

#D9B8A8

accent

#7949DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8CF

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

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