#56BCCF#56BCCF

#56BCCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.098 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCCF
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -24.06, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 30.35, 217.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0833 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.098 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0789, 42.4466, 65.4691)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCCF #CF6956

analogous

#56CFA5 #56BCCF #5680CF

triadic

#56BCCF #CF56BC #BCCF56

tetradic

#56BCCF #A556CF #CF6956 #80CF56

square

#56BCCF #A556CF #CF6956 #80CF56

split-complementary

#56BCCF #CF5680 #CFA556

monochromatic

#267685 #33A0B5 #56BCCF #86CFDD #B5E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BCCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#56BCCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCCF

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCCF	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.098 211.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.421,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74216,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCCF

secondary

#D9B0A8

accent

#6049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCCF

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

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