#56B2CB#56B2CB

#56B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.094 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2CB
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -20.13, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 29.06, 226.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0741 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.094 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5334, 38.1281, 62.2387)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2CB #CB6F56

analogous

#56CBAA #56B2CB #5678CB

triadic

#56B2CB #CB56B2 #B2CB56

tetradic

#56B2CB #AA56CB #CB6F56 #78CB56

square

#56B2CB #AA56CB #CB6F56 #78CB56

split-complementary

#56B2CB #CB5678 #CBAA56

monochromatic

#276D7F #3694AE #56B2CB #85C7D9 #B4DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#56B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2CB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2CB	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.094 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9da',
    500: '#56b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2cb;
$custom-light: #90c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.821,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71714,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2CB

secondary

#D6B1A6

accent

#6A4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2CB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →