#56B6CA#56B6CA

#56B6CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.094 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B6CA
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -22.47, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 29.22, 219.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0788 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.094 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2221, 39.6956, 61.8823)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B6CA #CA6A56

analogous

#56CAA4 #56B6CA #567CCA

triadic

#56B6CA #CA56B6 #B6CA56

tetradic

#56B6CA #A456CA #CA6A56 #7CCA56

square

#56B6CA #A456CA #CA6A56 #7CCA56

split-complementary

#56B6CA #CA567C #CAA456

monochromatic

#286F7E #3698AD #56B6CA #85CAD9 #B3DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#56B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#56B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B6CA

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B6CA	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.094 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ccda',
    500: '#56b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b6ca;
$custom-light: #90ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72614,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B6CA

secondary

#D6AEA6

accent

#654CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B6CA

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

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