#56B5CF#56B5CF

#56B5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.097 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5CF
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -20.50, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 29.78, 226.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0758 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.097 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6196, 39.5281, 64.9827)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5CF #CF7056

analogous

#56CFAD #56B5CF #5678CF

triadic

#56B5CF #CF56B5 #B5CF56

tetradic

#56B5CF #AD56CF #CF7056 #78CF56

square

#56B5CF #AD56CF #CF7056 #78CF56

split-complementary

#56B5CF #CF5678 #CFAD56

monochromatic

#267085 #3399B5 #56B5CF #86CADD #B5DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#56B5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#56B5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5CF

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5CF	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.097 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbdd',
    500: '#56b5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5cf;
$custom-light: #90cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.893,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5CF

secondary

#D9B2A8

accent

#6949DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5CF

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

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