#56BCCB#56BCCB

#56BCCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.096 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCCB
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -25.21, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 30.14, 213.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0849 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.096 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5961, 42.2535, 62.9263)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCCB #CB6556

analogous

#56CBA0 #56BCCB #5682CB

triadic

#56BCCB #CB56BC #BCCB56

tetradic

#56BCCB #A056CB #CB6556 #82CB56

square

#56BCCB #A056CB #CB6556 #82CB56

split-complementary

#56BCCB #CB5682 #CBA056

monochromatic

#27747F #369FAE #56BCCB #85CFD9 #B4E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BCCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#56BCCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCCB

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCCB	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.096 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0da',
    500: '#56bccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bccb;
$custom-light: #90d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74065,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCCB

secondary

#D6ADA6

accent

#5E4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCCB

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

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