#56A9CE#56A9CE

#56A9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.097 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9CE
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -14.49, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 30.17, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0631 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.097 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1620, 34.8078, 63.5623)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9CE #CE7B56

analogous

#56CEB7 #56A9CE #566DCE

triadic

#56A9CE #CE56A9 #A9CE56

tetradic

#56A9CE #B756CE #CE7B56 #6DCE56

square

#56A9CE #B756CE #CE7B56 #6DCE56

split-complementary

#56A9CE #CE566D #CEB756

monochromatic

#266783 #348CB3 #56A9CE #85C1DC #B5D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#56A9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#56A9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9CE

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9CE	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.097 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2dd',
    500: '#56a9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9ce;
$custom-light: #8fc2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69741,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9CE

secondary

#D8B7A8

accent

#7749DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9CE

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

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