#56AFCB#56AFCB

#56AFCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.094 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFCB
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 203)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -18.57, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 29.01, 230.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0708 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.094 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9430, 36.9473, 62.0419)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFCB #CB7256

analogous

#56CBAD #56AFCB #5675CB

triadic

#56AFCB #CB56AF #AFCB56

tetradic

#56AFCB #AD56CB #CB7256 #75CB56

square

#56AFCB #AD56CB #CB7256 #75CB56

split-complementary

#56AFCB #CB5675 #CBAD56

monochromatic

#276A7F #3691AE #56AFCB #85C5D9 #B4DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#56AFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#56AFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFCB

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFCB	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.094 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7da',
    500: '#56afcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afcb;
$custom-light: #8fc7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.359,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71012,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFCB

secondary

#D6B2A6

accent

#6E4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFCB

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

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