#56A9CD#56A9CD

#56A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.096 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9CD
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -14.79, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 29.88, 240.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0635 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.096 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0409, 34.7594, 62.9246)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9CD #CD7A56

analogous

#56CDB5 #56A9CD #566ECD

triadic

#56A9CD #CD56A9 #A9CD56

tetradic

#56A9CD #B556CD #CD7A56 #6ECD56

square

#56A9CD #B556CD #CD7A56 #6ECD56

split-complementary

#56A9CD #CD566E #CDB556

monochromatic

#266682 #348CB1 #56A9CD #85C1DB #B4D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#56A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#56A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9CD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9CD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.096 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2dc',
    500: '#56a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9cd;
$custom-light: #8fc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.151,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69698,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9CD

secondary

#D8B6A7

accent

#774ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9CD

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

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