#56B8D3#56B8D3

#56B8D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.099 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8D3
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 211)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -20.86, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 30.50, 226.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0775 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.099 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7314, 40.9593, 67.7964)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8D3 #D37156

analogous

#56D3AF #56B8D3 #5679D3

triadic

#56B8D3 #D356B8 #B8D356

tetradic

#56B8D3 #AF56D3 #D37156 #79D356

square

#56B8D3 #AF56D3 #D37156 #79D356

split-complementary

#56B8D3 #D35679 #D3AF56

monochromatic

#24748B #319DBB #56B8D3 #87CCE0 #B7E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56B8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#56B8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8D3

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8D3	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.099 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cde0',
    500: '#56b8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8d3;
$custom-light: #91cde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.96,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73435,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8D3

secondary

#DBB4AA

accent

#6846E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8D3

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

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