#56B2C0#56B2C0

#56B2C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.089 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2C0
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 192)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -23.31, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 27.97, 213.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0785 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.089 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2687, 37.6222, 55.5783)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2C0 #C06456

analogous

#56C099 #56B2C0 #567DC0

triadic

#56B2C0 #C056B2 #B2C056

tetradic

#56B2C0 #9956C0 #C06456 #7DC056

square

#56B2C0 #9956C0 #C06456 #7DC056

split-complementary

#56B2C0 #C0567D #C09956

monochromatic

#2A6871 #3B919E #56B2C0 #83C6D1 #AFDBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56B2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#56B2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2C0

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2C0	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.089 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9d3',
    500: '#56b2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2c0;
$custom-light: #8fc9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71291,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2C0

secondary

#CFA8A2

accent

#6452D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2C0

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

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