#56ABC8#56ABC8

#56ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.092 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABC8
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -17.36, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 28.49, 232.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0676 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.092 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8219, 35.2717, 59.9216)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABC8 #C87356

analogous

#56C8AC #56ABC8 #5672C8

triadic

#56ABC8 #C856AB #ABC856

tetradic

#56ABC8 #AC56C8 #C87356 #72C856

square

#56ABC8 #AC56C8 #C87356 #72C856

split-complementary

#56ABC8 #C85672 #C8AC56

monochromatic

#28667B #378CAA #56ABC8 #84C2D7 #B2D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#56ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#56ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABC8

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABC8	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.092 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4d8',
    500: '#56abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abc8;
$custom-light: #8fc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.263,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69955,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABC8

secondary

#D4B1A5

accent

#714DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABC8

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

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