#56B2D4#56B2D4

#56B2D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2D4
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 16%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -17.44, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 30.82, 235.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0707 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.1 225)
XYZ	xyz(31.6372, 38.5696, 68.0520)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2D4 #D47856

analogous

#56D4B7 #56B2D4 #5673D4

triadic

#56B2D4 #D456B2 #B2D456

tetradic

#56B2D4 #B756D4 #D47856 #73D456

square

#56B2D4 #B756D4 #D47856 #73D456

split-complementary

#56B2D4 #D45673 #D4B756

monochromatic

#24708C #3097BD #56B2D4 #87C8E0 #B8DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#56B2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#56B2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2D4

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2D4	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9e1',
    500: '#56b2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2d4;
$custom-light: #91c9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7208,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.38573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2D4

secondary

#DCB7AA

accent

#7045E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2D4

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

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