#56B4CC#56B4CC

#56B4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.095 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4CC
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -20.86, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 29.30, 224.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0759 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.095 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0538, 38.9776, 63.0019)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4CC #CC6E56

analogous

#56CCA9 #56B4CC #5679CC

triadic

#56B4CC #CC56B4 #B4CC56

tetradic

#56B4CC #A956CC #CC6E56 #79CC56

square

#56B4CC #A956CC #CC6E56 #79CC56

split-complementary

#56B4CC #CC5679 #CCA956

monochromatic

#276E81 #3597B0 #56B4CC #85C9DA #B4DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#56B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#56B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4CC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4CC	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.095 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cadb',
    500: '#56b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4cc;
$custom-light: #90cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.203,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72222,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4CC

secondary

#D7B1A7

accent

#694BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4CC

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

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