#56B5C8#56B5C8

#56B5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.093 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5C8
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -22.54, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 28.93, 218.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0785 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.093 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7828, 39.1933, 60.5752)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5C8 #C86956

analogous

#56C8A2 #56B5C8 #567CC8

triadic

#56B5C8 #C856B5 #B5C856

tetradic

#56B5C8 #A256C8 #C86956 #7CC856

square

#56B5C8 #A256C8 #C86956 #7CC856

split-complementary

#56B5C8 #C8567C #C8A256

monochromatic

#286E7B #3797AA #56B5C8 #84C9D7 #B2DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#56B5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#56B5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5C8

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5C8	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.093 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbd8',
    500: '#56b5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5c8;
$custom-light: #90cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72302,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5C8

secondary

#D4ADA5

accent

#654DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5C8

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

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