#56BCCE#56BCCE

#56BCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCCE
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -24.35, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 30.29, 216.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0837 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.097 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9570, 42.3978, 64.8273)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCCE #CE6856

analogous

#56CEA4 #56BCCE #5680CE

triadic

#56BCCE #CE56BC #BCCE56

tetradic

#56BCCE #A456CE #CE6856 #80CE56

square

#56BCCE #A456CE #CE6856 #80CE56

split-complementary

#56BCCE #CE5680 #CEA456

monochromatic

#267583 #34A0B3 #56BCCE #85CFDC #B5E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#56BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCCE

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCCE	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0dd',
    500: '#56bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcce;
$custom-light: #91d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74178,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCCE

secondary

#D8AFA8

accent

#6049DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCCE

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

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