#56ABCE#56ABCE

#56ABCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABCE
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -15.55, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 29.93, 238.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0653 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.097 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5369, 35.5577, 63.6873)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABCE #CE7956

analogous

#56CEB5 #56ABCE #566FCE

triadic

#56ABCE #CE56AB #ABCE56

tetradic

#56ABCE #B556CE #CE7956 #6FCE56

square

#56ABCE #B556CE #CE7956 #6FCE56

split-complementary

#56ABCE #CE566F #CEB556

monochromatic

#266883 #348EB3 #56ABCE #85C3DC #B5DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56ABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#56ABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABCE

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABCE	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4dd',
    500: '#56abce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abce;
$custom-light: #90c4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70205,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABCE

secondary

#D8B6A8

accent

#7549DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABCE

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

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