#56B7CB#56B7CB

#56B7CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7CB
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -22.69, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 29.42, 219.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0795 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.095 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5464, 40.1541, 62.5764)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7CB #CB6A56

analogous

#56CBA4 #56B7CB #567DCB

triadic

#56B7CB #CB56B7 #B7CB56

tetradic

#56B7CB #A456CB #CB6A56 #7DCB56

square

#56B7CB #A456CB #CB6A56 #7DCB56

split-complementary

#56B7CB #CB567D #CBA456

monochromatic

#27707F #369AAE #56B7CB #85CBD9 #B4DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#56B7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#56B7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7CB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7CB	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ccda',
    500: '#56b7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7cb;
$custom-light: #90ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.256,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.09496,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7CB

secondary

#D6AFA6

accent

#644BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7CB

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

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