#56C0CA#56C0CA

#56C0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.098 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C0CA
RGB	rgb(86, 192, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -27.48, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 30.95, 207.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0896 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.098 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3436, 43.9387, 62.5895)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C0CA #CA6056

analogous

#56CA9A #56C0CA #5686CA

triadic

#56C0CA #CA56C0 #C0CA56

tetradic

#56C0CA #9A56CA #CA6056 #86CA56

square

#56C0CA #9A56CA #CA6056 #86CA56

split-complementary

#56C0CA #CA5686 #CA9A56

monochromatic

#28777E #36A2AD #56C0CA #85D1D9 #B3E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#56C0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#56C0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C0CA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C0CA	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 192, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.098 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3da',
    500: '#56c0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c0ca;
$custom-light: #91d3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74974,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C0CA

secondary

#D6AAA6

accent

#584CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C0CA

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

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