#56AABC#56AABC

#56AABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.085 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AABC
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -20.35, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 26.53, 219.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0711 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.085 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2860, 34.3562, 52.7607)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AABC #BC6856

analogous

#56BC9B #56AABC #5677BC

triadic

#56AABC #BC56AA #AABC56

tetradic

#56AABC #9B56BC #BC6856 #77BC56

square

#56AABC #9B56BC #BC6856 #77BC56

split-complementary

#56AABC #BC5677 #BC9B56

monochromatic

#2B616D #3C8898 #56AABC #82C0CD #AED6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#56AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#56AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AABC

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AABC	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.085 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec3d0',
    500: '#56aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aabc;
$custom-light: #8ec3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69243,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AABC

secondary

#CDA9A1

accent

#6B55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AABC

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

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