#56B1CD#56B1CD

#56B1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.095 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1CD
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -19.02, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 29.38, 229.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0722 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.095 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5750, 37.8275, 63.4359)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1CD #CD7256

analogous

#56CDAE #56B1CD #5675CD

triadic

#56B1CD #CD56B1 #B1CD56

tetradic

#56B1CD #AE56CD #CD7256 #75CD56

square

#56B1CD #AE56CD #CD7256 #75CD56

split-complementary

#56B1CD #CD5675 #CDAE56

monochromatic

#266D82 #3494B1 #56B1CD #85C7DB #B4DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#56B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#56B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1CD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1CD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.095 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8dc',
    500: '#56b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1cd;
$custom-light: #90c8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7156,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1CD

secondary

#D8B3A7

accent

#6D4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1CD

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

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