#56B4CB#56B4CB

#56B4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.094 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4CB
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -21.16, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 29.16, 223.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0763 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.094 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9342, 38.9298, 62.3723)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4CB #CB6D56

analogous

#56CBA8 #56B4CB #567ACB

triadic

#56B4CB #CB56B4 #B4CB56

tetradic

#56B4CB #A856CB #CB6D56 #7ACB56

square

#56B4CB #A856CB #CB6D56 #7ACB56

split-complementary

#56B4CB #CB567A #CBA856

monochromatic

#276E7F #3696AE #56B4CB #85C9D9 #B4DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#56B4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#56B4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4CB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4CB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.094 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cada',
    500: '#56b4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4cb;
$custom-light: #90cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.795,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72183,
    "c": 0.09441,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4CB

secondary

#D6B0A6

accent

#684BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4CB

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

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