#56C1CB#56C1CB

#56C1CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C1CB
RGB	rgb(86, 193, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -27.69, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 31.17, 207.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0903 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6827, 44.4268, 63.2885)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C1CB #CB6056

analogous

#56CB9B #56C1CB #5687CB

triadic

#56C1CB #CB56C1 #C1CB56

tetradic

#56C1CB #9B56CB #CB6056 #87CB56

square

#56C1CB #9B56CB #CB6056 #87CB56

split-complementary

#56C1CB #CB5687 #CB9B56

monochromatic

#27787F #36A4AE #56C1CB #85D2D9 #B4E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56C1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#56C1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C1CB

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C1CB	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 193, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4da',
    500: '#56c1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c1cb;
$custom-light: #91d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.128,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75246,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C1CB

secondary

#D6ABA6

accent

#584BDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C1CB

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

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