#56B0CA#56B0CA

#56B0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.093 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0CA
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -19.38, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 28.84, 227.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0723 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.093 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0196, 37.2905, 61.4814)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0CA #CA7056

analogous

#56CAAA #56B0CA #5676CA

triadic

#56B0CA #CA56B0 #B0CA56

tetradic

#56B0CA #AA56CA #CA7056 #76CA56

square

#56B0CA #AA56CA #CA7056 #76CA56

split-complementary

#56B0CA #CA5676 #CAAA56

monochromatic

#286B7E #3692AD #56B0CA #85C6D9 #B3DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#56B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#56B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0CA

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0CA	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.093 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7da',
    500: '#56b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0ca;
$custom-light: #8fc7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.448,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.09348,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0CA

secondary

#D6B1A6

accent

#6C4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0CA

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

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