#56C1CD#56C1CD

#56C1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.099 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C1CD
RGB	rgb(86, 193, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -27.13, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 31.14, 209.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0895 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.099 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9226, 44.5227, 64.5518)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C1CD #CD6256

analogous

#56CD9D #56C1CD #5686CD

triadic

#56C1CD #CD56C1 #C1CD56

tetradic

#56C1CD #9D56CD #CD6256 #86CD56

square

#56C1CD #9D56CD #CD6256 #86CD56

split-complementary

#56C1CD #CD5686 #CD9D56

monochromatic

#267982 #34A5B1 #56C1CD #85D2DB #B4E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56C1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#56C1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C1CD

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C1CD	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 193, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.099 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4dc',
    500: '#56c1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c1cd;
$custom-light: #91d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.05,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75319,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C1CD

secondary

#D8ACA7

accent

#594ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C1CD

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

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