#56B4CD#56B4CD

#56B4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.095 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4CD
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -20.57, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 29.44, 225.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0755 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.095 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1741, 39.0257, 63.6356)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4CD #CD6F56

analogous

#56CDAB #56B4CD #5679CD

triadic

#56B4CD #CD56B4 #B4CD56

tetradic

#56B4CD #AB56CD #CD6F56 #79CD56

square

#56B4CD #AB56CD #CD6F56 #79CD56

split-complementary

#56B4CD #CD5679 #CDAB56

monochromatic

#266F82 #3497B1 #56B4CD #85C9DB #B4DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#56B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#56B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4CD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4CD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.095 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cadc',
    500: '#56b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4cd;
$custom-light: #90cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.605,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72262,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4CD

secondary

#D8B1A7

accent

#694ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4CD

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

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