#56A9BE#56A9BE

#56A9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.086 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9BE
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -19.25, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 26.68, 223.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0692 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.086 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3163, 34.0696, 53.8418)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9BE #BE6B56

analogous

#56BE9F #56A9BE #5675BE

triadic

#56A9BE #BE56A9 #A9BE56

tetradic

#56A9BE #9F56BE #BE6B56 #75BE56

square

#56A9BE #9F56BE #BE6B56 #75BE56

split-complementary

#56A9BE #BE5675 #BE9F56

monochromatic

#2B616F #3C889B #56A9BE #82BFCF #AED6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#56A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9BE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9BE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.086 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2d1',
    500: '#56a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9be;
$custom-light: #8ec2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.115,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69085,
    "c": 0.08607,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9BE

secondary

#CEABA2

accent

#6E54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9BE

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

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