#56B2CC#56B2CC

#56B2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.095 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2CC
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -19.83, -21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 29.22, 227.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0737 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.095 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6529, 38.1759, 62.8683)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2CC #CC7056

analogous

#56CCAB #56B2CC #5677CC

triadic

#56B2CC #CC56B2 #B2CC56

tetradic

#56B2CC #AB56CC #CC7056 #77CC56

square

#56B2CC #AB56CC #CC7056 #77CC56

split-complementary

#56B2CC #CC5677 #CCAB56

monochromatic

#276D81 #3595B0 #56B2CC #85C7DA #B4DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#56B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2CC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2CC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.095 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9db',
    500: '#56b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2cc;
$custom-light: #90c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.22,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71754,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2CC

secondary

#D7B1A7

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2CC

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

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