#56B8CA#56B8CA

#56B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.095 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56B8CA
RGBrgb(86, 184, 202)
HSLhsl(189, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(189, 57%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(57.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.84, -23.49, -17.79)
CIE-LCHlch(69.84, 29.46, 217.14°)
OKLaboklab(73.08% -0.081 -0.0493)
OKLCHoklch(73.08% 0.095 211.3)
XYZxyz(31.6346, 40.5206, 62.0198)
Luminance0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56B8CA #CA6856
analogous
#56CAA2 #56B8CA #567ECA
triadic
#56B8CA #CA56B8 #B8CA56
tetradic
#56B8CA #A256CA #CA6856 #7ECA56
square
#56B8CA #A256CA #CA6856 #7ECA56
split-complementary
#56B8CA #CA567E #CAA256
monochromatic
#28717E #369AAD #56B8CA #85CCD9 #B3DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#56B8CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10
#56B8CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8CA
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56B8CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56B8CA1.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9B2CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A5CA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.095 211.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdda',
    500: '#56b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56b8ca;
$custom-light: #90cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.31,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73085,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56B8CA
secondary
#D6ADA6
accent
#624CDC
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F9FA
border
#CCD2D3
text
#0D1314
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8CA

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#56B8CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva