#56B1CA#56B1CA

#56B1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.094 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1CA
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -19.90, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 28.86, 226.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0734 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.094 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2163, 37.6841, 61.5470)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1CA #CA6F56

analogous

#56CAA9 #56B1CA #5677CA

triadic

#56B1CA #CA56B1 #B1CA56

tetradic

#56B1CA #A956CA #CA6F56 #77CA56

square

#56B1CA #A956CA #CA6F56 #77CA56

split-complementary

#56B1CA #CA5677 #CAA956

monochromatic

#286B7E #3693AD #56B1CA #85C7D9 #B3DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56B1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#56B1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1CA

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1CA	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.094 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8da',
    500: '#56b1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1ca;
$custom-light: #90c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.931,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7144,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1CA

secondary

#D6B0A6

accent

#6B4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1CA

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

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