#56C2CB#56C2CB

#56C2CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2CB
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -28.18, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 31.41, 206.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0914 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9045, 44.8704, 63.3624)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2CB #CB5F56

analogous

#56CB9A #56C2CB #5688CB

triadic

#56C2CB #CB56C2 #C2CB56

tetradic

#56C2CB #9A56CB #CB5F56 #88CB56

square

#56C2CB #9A56CB #CB5F56 #88CB56

split-complementary

#56C2CB #CB5688 #CB9A56

monochromatic

#27797F #36A5AE #56C2CB #85D3D9 #B4E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#56C2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#56C2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2CB

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2CB	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)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4da',
    500: '#56c2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2cb;
$custom-light: #91d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75483,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2CB

secondary

#D6AAA6

accent

#574BDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2CB

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

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