#56BDCC#56BDCC

#56BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDCC
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -25.43, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 30.35, 213.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0856 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.097 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9300, 42.7300, 63.6273)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDCC #CC6556

analogous

#56CCA0 #56BDCC #5682CC

triadic

#56BDCC #CC56BD #BDCC56

tetradic

#56BDCC #A056CC #CC6556 #82CC56

square

#56BDCC #A056CC #CC6556 #82CC56

split-complementary

#56BDCC #CC5682 #CCA056

monochromatic

#277581 #35A0B0 #56BDCC #85CFDA #B4E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#56BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDCC

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDCC	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1db',
    500: '#56bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdcc;
$custom-light: #91d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.627,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74338,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDCC

secondary

#D7ADA7

accent

#5D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDCC

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

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