#56ABCB#56ABCB

#56ABCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.094 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABCB
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -16.46, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 29.17, 235.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0664 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.094 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1760, 35.4133, 61.7862)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABCB #CB7656

analogous

#56CBB0 #56ABCB #5671CB

triadic

#56ABCB #CB56AB #ABCB56

tetradic

#56ABCB #B056CB #CB7656 #71CB56

square

#56ABCB #B056CB #CB7656 #71CB56

split-complementary

#56ABCB #CB5671 #CBB056

monochromatic

#27677F #368DAE #56ABCB #85C2D9 #B4DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#56ABCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#56ABCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABCB

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABCB	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.094 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4db',
    500: '#56abcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abcb;
$custom-light: #8fc4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABCB

secondary

#D6B4A6

accent

#734BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABCB

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

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