#56B2CD#56B2CD

#56B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.095 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2CD
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -19.54, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 29.39, 228.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0733 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.095 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7732, 38.2240, 63.5020)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2CD #CD7156

analogous

#56CDAC #56B2CD #5677CD

triadic

#56B2CD #CD56B2 #B2CD56

tetradic

#56B2CD #AC56CD #CD7156 #77CD56

square

#56B2CD #AC56CD #CD7156 #77CD56

split-complementary

#56B2CD #CD5677 #CDAC56

monochromatic

#266D82 #3495B1 #56B2CD #85C8DB #B4DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#56B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2CD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2CD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.095 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9dc',
    500: '#56b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2cd;
$custom-light: #90c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.613,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71794,
    "c": 0.09534,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2CD

secondary

#D8B2A7

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2CD

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

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