#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
RGBrgb(86, 182, 202)
HSLhsl(190, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(190, 57%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(57.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.25, -22.47, -18.68)
CIE-LCHlch(69.25, 29.22, 219.73°)
OKLaboklab(72.61% -0.0788 -0.0518)
OKLCHoklch(72.61% 0.094 213.3)
XYZxyz(31.2221, 39.6956, 61.8823)
Luminance0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##56B6CA1.002.358.948.94
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9421.001.001.00
##0000008.9421.001.001.00

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

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#56B6CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva