#56B3CD#56B3CD

#56B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.095 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3CD
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -20.05, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 29.41, 227.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0744 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.095 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9729, 38.6234, 63.5686)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3CD #CD7056

analogous

#56CDAB #56B3CD #5678CD

triadic

#56B3CD #CD56B3 #B3CD56

tetradic

#56B3CD #AB56CD #CD7056 #78CD56

square

#56B3CD #AB56CD #CD7056 #78CD56

split-complementary

#56B3CD #CD5678 #CDAB56

monochromatic

#266E82 #3496B1 #56B3CD #85C8DB #B4DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#56B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#56B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3CD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3CD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.095 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cadc',
    500: '#56b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3cd;
$custom-light: #90cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.109,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72028,
    "c": 0.09539,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3CD

secondary

#D8B2A7

accent

#6A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3CD

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

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