#56B2CE#56B2CE

#56B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.096 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2CE
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -19.24, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 29.56, 229.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0729 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.096 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8943, 38.2725, 64.1398)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2CE #CE7256

analogous

#56CEAE #56B2CE #5676CE

triadic

#56B2CE #CE56B2 #B2CE56

tetradic

#56B2CE #AE56CE #CE7256 #76CE56

square

#56B2CE #AE56CE #CE7256 #76CE56

split-complementary

#56B2CE #CE5676 #CEAE56

monochromatic

#266E83 #3495B3 #56B2CE #85C8DC #B5DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#56B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2CE

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2CE	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)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.096 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9dd',
    500: '#56b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2ce;
$custom-light: #90c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71834,
    "c": 0.09595,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2CE

secondary

#D8B3A8

accent

#6C49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2CE

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

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