#56ACC0#56ACC0

#56ACC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.088 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACC0
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 192)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -20.23, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 27.17, 221.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0718 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.088 215)
XYZ	xyz(28.1009, 35.2866, 55.1891)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACC0 #C06A56

analogous

#56C09F #56ACC0 #5677C0

triadic

#56ACC0 #C056AC #ACC056

tetradic

#56ACC0 #9F56C0 #C06A56 #77C056

square

#56ACC0 #9F56C0 #C06A56 #77C056

split-complementary

#56ACC0 #C05677 #C09F56

monochromatic

#2A6471 #3B8B9E #56ACC0 #83C2D1 #AFD8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#56ACC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#56ACC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACC0

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACC0	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.088 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5d3',
    500: '#56acc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acc0;
$custom-light: #8ec5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69871,
    "c": 0.08761,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.35289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACC0

secondary

#CFABA2

accent

#6B52D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACC0

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

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