#56B2C8#56B2C8

#56B2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.093 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2C8
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -21.01, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 28.64, 222.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0753 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.093 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1793, 37.9865, 60.3741)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2C8 #C86C56

analogous

#56C8A5 #56B2C8 #5679C8

triadic

#56B2C8 #C856B2 #B2C856

tetradic

#56B2C8 #A556C8 #C86C56 #79C856

square

#56B2C8 #A556C8 #C86C56 #79C856

split-complementary

#56B2C8 #C85679 #C8A556

monochromatic

#286B7B #3794AA #56B2C8 #84C7D7 #B2DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#56B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2C8

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2C8	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.093 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9d8',
    500: '#56b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2c8;
$custom-light: #8fc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.579,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71596,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2C8

secondary

#D4AEA5

accent

#694DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2C8

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

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