#56B5CD#56B5CD

#56B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.096 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5CD
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -21.09, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 29.49, 224.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0766 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.096 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3767, 39.4309, 63.7032)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5CD #CD6E56

analogous

#56CDAA #56B5CD #567ACD

triadic

#56B5CD #CD56B5 #B5CD56

tetradic

#56B5CD #AA56CD #CD6E56 #7ACD56

square

#56B5CD #AA56CD #CD6E56 #7ACD56

split-complementary

#56B5CD #CD567A #CDAA56

monochromatic

#267082 #3498B1 #56B5CD #85CADB #B4DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#56B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#56B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5CD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5CD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.096 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbdc',
    500: '#56b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5cd;
$custom-light: #90cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.101,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5CD

secondary

#D8B1A7

accent

#684ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5CD

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

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