#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
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -23.49, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 29.46, 217.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.081 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.095 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6346, 40.5206, 62.0198)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##56B8CA	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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