#56ABCC#56ABCC

#56ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.095 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABCC
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -16.16, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 29.41, 236.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.066 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.095 226)
XYZ	xyz(29.2955, 35.4611, 62.4159)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABCC #CC7756

analogous

#56CCB2 #56ABCC #5670CC

triadic

#56ABCC #CC56AB #ABCC56

tetradic

#56ABCC #B256CC #CC7756 #70CC56

square

#56ABCC #B256CC #CC7756 #70CC56

split-complementary

#56ABCC #CC5670 #CCB256

monochromatic

#276881 #358DB0 #56ABCC #85C2DA #B4DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#56ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABCC

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABCC	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.095 226.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.78,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70121,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.35464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABCC

secondary

#D7B4A7

accent

#744BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABCC

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

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