#56BCC8#56BCC8

#56BCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.096 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCC8
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -26.07, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 30.08, 209.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0861 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.096 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2420, 42.1118, 61.0616)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCC8 #C86256

analogous

#56C89B #56BCC8 #5683C8

triadic

#56BCC8 #C856BC #BCC856

tetradic

#56BCC8 #9B56C8 #C86256 #83C856

square

#56BCC8 #9B56C8 #C86256 #83C856

split-complementary

#56BCC8 #C85683 #C89B56

monochromatic

#28737B #379EAA #56BCC8 #84CED7 #B2E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#56BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCC8

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCC8	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.096 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0d8',
    500: '#56bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcc8;
$custom-light: #90d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73955,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCC8

secondary

#D4AAA5

accent

#5C4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCC8

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

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