#56B1CF#56B1CF

#56B1CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.097 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1CF
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -18.42, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 29.77, 231.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0715 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.097 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8180, 37.9247, 64.7155)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1CF #CF7456

analogous

#56CFB0 #56B1CF #5675CF

triadic

#56B1CF #CF56B1 #B1CF56

tetradic

#56B1CF #B056CF #CF7456 #75CF56

square

#56B1CF #B056CF #CF7456 #75CF56

split-complementary

#56B1CF #CF5675 #CFB056

monochromatic

#266D85 #3394B5 #56B1CF #86C7DD #B5DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#56B1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#56B1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1CF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1CF	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.097 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8dd',
    500: '#56b1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1cf;
$custom-light: #90c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.876,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71642,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1CF

secondary

#D9B4A8

accent

#6E49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1CF

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

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