#56BCD0#56BCD0

#56BCD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.098 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCD0
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -23.78, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 30.43, 218.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0829 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.098 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2015, 42.4956, 66.1150)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCD0 #D06A56

analogous

#56D0A7 #56BCD0 #567FD0

triadic

#56BCD0 #D056BC #BCD056

tetradic

#56BCD0 #A756D0 #D06A56 #7FD056

square

#56BCD0 #A756D0 #D06A56 #7FD056

split-complementary

#56BCD0 #D0567F #D0A756

monochromatic

#257686 #33A1B6 #56BCD0 #86CFDD #B6E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#56BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCD0

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCD0	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.098 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0de',
    500: '#56bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcd0;
$custom-light: #91d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.836,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74254,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCD0

secondary

#D9B0A8

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCD0

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

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