#56B2D2#56B2D2

#56B2D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.099 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2D2
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 15.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -18.04, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 30.37, 233.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0714 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.099 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3864, 38.4693, 66.7315)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2D2 #D27656

analogous

#56D2B4 #56B2D2 #5674D2

triadic

#56B2D2 #D256B2 #B2D256

tetradic

#56B2D2 #B456D2 #D27656 #74D256

square

#56B2D2 #B456D2 #D27656 #74D256

split-complementary

#56B2D2 #D25674 #D2B456

monochromatic

#256F89 #3196B9 #56B2D2 #86C8DF #B7DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#56B2D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#56B2D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2D2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2D2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.099 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9df',
    500: '#56b2d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2d2;
$custom-light: #90c9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71997,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2D2

secondary

#DBB6A9

accent

#6F47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2D2

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

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