#56B0CE#56B0CE

#56B0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.096 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0CE
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -18.20, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 29.59, 232.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0707 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.096 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4993, 37.4824, 64.0081)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0CE #CE7456

analogous

#56CEB0 #56B0CE #5674CE

triadic

#56B0CE #CE56B0 #B0CE56

tetradic

#56B0CE #B056CE #CE7456 #74CE56

square

#56B0CE #B056CE #CE7456 #74CE56

split-complementary

#56B0CE #CE5674 #CEB056

monochromatic

#266C83 #3493B3 #56B0CE #85C6DC #B5DCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56B0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#56B0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0CE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0CE	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.096 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7dd',
    500: '#56b0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0ce;
$custom-light: #90c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0CE

secondary

#D8B4A8

accent

#6F49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0CE

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

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