#56B7CD#56B7CD

#56B7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.096 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7CD
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -22.11, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 29.63, 221.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0787 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.096 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7863, 40.2501, 63.8397)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7CD #CD6C56

analogous

#56CDA7 #56B7CD #567CCD

triadic

#56B7CD #CD56B7 #B7CD56

tetradic

#56B7CD #A756CD #CD6C56 #7CCD56

square

#56B7CD #A756CD #CD6C56 #7CCD56

split-complementary

#56B7CD #CD567C #CDA756

monochromatic

#267182 #349AB1 #56B7CD #85CBDB #B4DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#56B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7CD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7CD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.096 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ccdc',
    500: '#56b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7cd;
$custom-light: #90ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72965,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7CD

secondary

#D8B0A7

accent

#654ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7CD

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

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