#56C0CC#56C0CC

#56C0CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.098 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C0CC
RGB	rgb(86, 192, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -26.92, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 30.93, 209.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0888 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.098 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5820, 44.0340, 63.8447)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C0CC #CC6256

analogous

#56CC9D #56C0CC #5685CC

triadic

#56C0CC #CC56C0 #C0CC56

tetradic

#56C0CC #9D56CC #CC6256 #85CC56

square

#56C0CC #9D56CC #CC6256 #85CC56

split-complementary

#56C0CC #CC5685 #CC9D56

monochromatic

#277881 #35A3B0 #56C0CC #85D2DA #B4E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#56C0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#56C0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C0CC

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C0CC	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 192, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.098 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3db',
    500: '#56c0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c0cc;
$custom-light: #91d3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75046,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C0CC

secondary

#D7ACA7

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C0CC

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

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