#56ABCA#56ABCA

#56ABCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.094 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABCA
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -16.76, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 28.93, 234.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0668 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.094 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0572, 35.3658, 61.1606)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABCA #CA7556

analogous

#56CAAF #56ABCA #5671CA

triadic

#56ABCA #CA56AB #ABCA56

tetradic

#56ABCA #AF56CA #CA7556 #71CA56

square

#56ABCA #AF56CA #CA7556 #71CA56

split-complementary

#56ABCA #CA5671 #CAAF56

monochromatic

#28677E #368DAD #56ABCA #85C2D9 #B3D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#56ABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#56ABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABCA

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABCA	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.094 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4da',
    500: '#56abca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abca;
$custom-light: #8fc4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70037,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABCA

secondary

#D6B3A6

accent

#724CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABCA

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

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