#56B2CF#56B2CF

#56B2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.097 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2CF
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 14%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -18.94, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 29.75, 230.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0725 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.097 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0162, 38.3212, 64.7816)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2CF #CF7356

analogous

#56CFAF #56B2CF #5676CF

triadic

#56B2CF #CF56B2 #B2CF56

tetradic

#56B2CF #AF56CF #CF7356 #76CF56

square

#56B2CF #AF56CF #CF7356 #76CF56

split-complementary

#56B2CF #CF5676 #CFAF56

monochromatic

#266E85 #3396B5 #56B2CF #86C8DD #B5DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#56B2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#56B2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2CF

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2CF	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.097 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9dd',
    500: '#56b2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2cf;
$custom-light: #90c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.38,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71875,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2CF

secondary

#D9B4A8

accent

#6D49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2CF

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

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