#56BCCD#56BCCD

#56BCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCCD
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -24.64, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 30.23, 215.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0841 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.097 210)
XYZ	xyz(32.8359, 42.3494, 64.1896)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCCD #CD6756

analogous

#56CDA2 #56BCCD #5681CD

triadic

#56BCCD #CD56BC #BCCD56

tetradic

#56BCCD #A256CD #CD6756 #81CD56

square

#56BCCD #A256CD #CD6756 #81CD56

split-complementary

#56BCCD #CD5681 #CDA256

monochromatic

#267582 #349FB1 #56BCCD #85CFDB #B4E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#56BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCCD

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCCD	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0dc',
    500: '#56bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bccd;
$custom-light: #91d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7414,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.42353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCCD

secondary

#D8AEA7

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCCD

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

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