#56B8CD#56B8CD

#56B8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.096 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8CD
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -22.62, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 29.72, 220.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0798 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.096 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9933, 40.6641, 63.9087)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8CD #CD6B56

analogous

#56CDA6 #56B8CD #567DCD

triadic

#56B8CD #CD56B8 #B8CD56

tetradic

#56B8CD #A656CD #CD6B56 #7DCD56

square

#56B8CD #A656CD #CD6B56 #7DCD56

split-complementary

#56B8CD #CD567D #CDA656

monochromatic

#267282 #349BB1 #56B8CD #85CCDB #B4E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#56B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#56B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8CD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8CD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.096 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cddc',
    500: '#56b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8cd;
$custom-light: #90cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.732,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8CD

secondary

#D8B0A7

accent

#644ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8CD

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

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