#56B5CC#56B5CC

#56B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.095 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5CC
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -21.38, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 29.36, 223.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.077 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.095 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2564, 39.3828, 63.0695)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5CC #CC6D56

analogous

#56CCA8 #56B5CC #567ACC

triadic

#56B5CC #CC56B5 #B5CC56

tetradic

#56B5CC #A856CC #CC6D56 #7ACC56

square

#56B5CC #A856CC #CC6D56 #7ACC56

split-complementary

#56B5CC #CC567A #CCA856

monochromatic

#276F81 #3598B0 #56B5CC #85CADA #B4DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#56B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#56B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5CC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5CC	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.095 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbdb',
    500: '#56b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5cc;
$custom-light: #90cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.695,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5CC

secondary

#D7B0A7

accent

#674BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5CC

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

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