#56BCC0#56BCC0

#56BCC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.095 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCC0
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -28.30, -11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 30.37, 201.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0895 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.095 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3314, 41.7476, 56.2659)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCC0 #C05A56

analogous

#56C08F #56BCC0 #5687C0

triadic

#56BCC0 #C056BC #BCC056

tetradic

#56BCC0 #8F56C0 #C05A56 #87C056

square

#56BCC0 #8F56C0 #C05A56 #87C056

split-complementary

#56BCC0 #C05687 #C08F56

monochromatic

#2A6F71 #3B9A9E #56BCC0 #83CED1 #AFDFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BCC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#56BCC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCC0

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCC0	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.095 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0d3',
    500: '#56bcc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcc0;
$custom-light: #90d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.264,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73669,
    "c": 0.09453,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCC0

secondary

#CFA4A2

accent

#5752D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCC0

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

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