#56B2CA#56B2CA

#56B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.094 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2CA
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -20.42, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 28.91, 225.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0745 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.094 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4146, 38.0806, 61.6131)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2CA #CA6E56

analogous

#56CAA8 #56B2CA #5678CA

triadic

#56B2CA #CA56B2 #B2CA56

tetradic

#56B2CA #A856CA #CA6E56 #78CA56

square

#56B2CA #A856CA #CA6E56 #78CA56

split-complementary

#56B2CA #CA5678 #CAA856

monochromatic

#286C7E #3694AD #56B2CA #85C7D9 #B3DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#56B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2CA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2CA	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.094 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9da',
    500: '#56b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2ca;
$custom-light: #90c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71675,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2CA

secondary

#D6B0A6

accent

#6A4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2CA

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

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