#56B3CE#56B3CE

#56B3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.096 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3CE
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -19.76, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 29.57, 228.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.074 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.096 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0940, 38.6718, 64.2063)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3CE #CE7156

analogous

#56CEAD #56B3CE #5677CE

triadic

#56B3CE #CE56B3 #B3CE56

tetradic

#56B3CE #AD56CE #CE7156 #77CE56

square

#56B3CE #AD56CE #CE7156 #77CE56

split-complementary

#56B3CE #CE5677 #CEAD56

monochromatic

#266E83 #3496B3 #56B3CE #85C8DC #B5DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#56B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3CE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3CE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.096 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cadd',
    500: '#56b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3ce;
$custom-light: #90cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.09598,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3CE

secondary

#D8B3A8

accent

#6B49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3CE

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

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