#56BCCC#56BCCC

#56BCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCCC
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -24.93, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 30.18, 214.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0845 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.097 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7156, 42.3013, 63.5559)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCCC #CC6656

analogous

#56CCA1 #56BCCC #5681CC

triadic

#56BCCC #CC56BC #BCCC56

tetradic

#56BCCC #A156CC #CC6656 #81CC56

square

#56BCCC #A156CC #CC6656 #81CC56

split-complementary

#56BCCC #CC5681 #CCA156

monochromatic

#277581 #359FB0 #56BCCC #85CFDA #B4E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#56BCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCCC

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCCC	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0db',
    500: '#56bccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bccc;
$custom-light: #90d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.136,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74103,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCCC

secondary

#D7ADA7

accent

#5F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCCC

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

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