#56B4CE#56B4CE

#56B4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.096 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4CE
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -20.28, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 29.59, 226.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0751 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.096 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2952, 39.0741, 64.2734)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4CE #CE7056

analogous

#56CEAC #56B4CE #5678CE

triadic

#56B4CE #CE56B4 #B4CE56

tetradic

#56B4CE #AC56CE #CE7056 #78CE56

square

#56B4CE #AC56CE #CE7056 #78CE56

split-complementary

#56B4CE #CE5678 #CEAC56

monochromatic

#266F83 #3497B3 #56B4CE #85C9DC #B5DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#56B4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#56B4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4CE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4CE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.096 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cadd',
    500: '#56b4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4ce;
$custom-light: #90cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72302,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4CE

secondary

#D8B2A8

accent

#6A49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4CE

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

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