#56ABCD#56ABCD

#56ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABCD
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -15.86, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 29.67, 237.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0657 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.096 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4158, 35.5092, 63.0495)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABCD #CD7856

analogous

#56CDB4 #56ABCD #5670CD

triadic

#56ABCD #CD56AB #ABCD56

tetradic

#56ABCD #B456CD #CD7856 #70CD56

square

#56ABCD #B456CD #CD7856 #70CD56

split-complementary

#56ABCD #CD5670 #CDB456

monochromatic

#266882 #348EB1 #56ABCD #85C2DB #B4DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#56ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABCD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABCD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4dc',
    500: '#56abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abcd;
$custom-light: #8fc4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70163,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABCD

secondary

#D8B5A7

accent

#744ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABCD

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

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