#56C2CA#56C2CA

#56C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2CA
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -28.46, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 31.44, 205.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0918 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7858, 44.8229, 62.7368)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2CA #CA5E56

analogous

#56CA98 #56C2CA #5688CA

triadic

#56C2CA #CA56C2 #C2CA56

tetradic

#56C2CA #9856CA #CA5E56 #88CA56

square

#56C2CA #9856CA #CA5E56 #88CA56

split-complementary

#56C2CA #CA5688 #CA9856

monochromatic

#28787E #36A4AD #56C2CA #85D3D9 #B3E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#56C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#56C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2CA

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2CA	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4da',
    500: '#56c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2ca;
$custom-light: #91d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75447,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2CA

secondary

#D6A9A6

accent

#564CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2CA

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

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