#56B5CE#56B5CE

#56B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.096 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5CE
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -20.79, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 29.63, 225.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0762 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.096 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4978, 39.4793, 64.3409)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5CE #CE6F56

analogous

#56CEAB #56B5CE #5679CE

triadic

#56B5CE #CE56B5 #B5CE56

tetradic

#56B5CE #AB56CE #CE6F56 #79CE56

square

#56B5CE #AB56CE #CE6F56 #79CE56

split-complementary

#56B5CE #CE5679 #CEAB56

monochromatic

#267083 #3498B3 #56B5CE #85CADC #B5DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#56B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#56B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5CE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5CE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.096 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbdd',
    500: '#56b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5ce;
$custom-light: #90cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72536,
    "c": 0.0961,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5CE

secondary

#D8B2A8

accent

#6849DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5CE

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

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