#56B0CF#56B0CF

#56B0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.097 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0CF
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 15%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -17.90, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 29.81, 233.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0704 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.097 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6212, 37.5311, 64.6499)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0CF #CF7556

analogous

#56CFB2 #56B0CF #5674CF

triadic

#56B0CF #CF56B0 #B0CF56

tetradic

#56B0CF #B256CF #CF7556 #74CF56

square

#56B0CF #B256CF #CF7556 #74CF56

split-complementary

#56B0CF #CF5674 #CFB256

monochromatic

#266C85 #3393B5 #56B0CF #86C6DD #B5DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56B0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#56B0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0CF

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0CF	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.097 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7dd',
    500: '#56b0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0cf;
$custom-light: #90c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.372,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71409,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0CF

secondary

#D9B4A8

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0CF

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

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