#56BCC2#56BCC2

#56BCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.095 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCC2
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -27.74, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 30.24, 203.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0886 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.095 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5545, 41.8368, 57.4409)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCC2 #C25C56

analogous

#56C292 #56BCC2 #5686C2

triadic

#56BCC2 #C256BC #BCC256

tetradic

#56BCC2 #9256C2 #C25C56 #86C256

square

#56BCC2 #9256C2 #C25C56 #86C256

split-complementary

#56BCC2 #C25686 #C29256

monochromatic

#2A7074 #3A9BA1 #56BCC2 #83CED2 #B0E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56BCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#56BCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCC2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCC2	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.095 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0d4',
    500: '#56bcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcc2;
$custom-light: #90d0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCC2

secondary

#D1A6A3

accent

#5951D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCC2

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

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