#56ABD0#56ABD0

#56ABD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABD0
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 208)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -14.95, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 30.48, 240.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0646 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.098 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7814, 35.6555, 64.9750)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABD0 #D07B56

analogous

#56D0B8 #56ABD0 #566ED0

triadic

#56ABD0 #D056AB #ABD056

tetradic

#56ABD0 #B856D0 #D07B56 #6ED056

square

#56ABD0 #B856D0 #D07B56 #6ED056

split-complementary

#56ABD0 #D0566E #D0B856

monochromatic

#256986 #338EB6 #56ABD0 #86C3DD #B6DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#56ABD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#56ABD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABD0

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABD0	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4de',
    500: '#56abd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abd0;
$custom-light: #90c4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.197,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7029,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABD0

secondary

#D9B7A8

accent

#7648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABD0

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

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