#56C2CC#56C2CC

#56C2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.099 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2CC
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -27.90, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 31.38, 207.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.091 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.099 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0241, 44.9182, 63.9920)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2CC #CC6056

analogous

#56CC9B #56C2CC #5687CC

triadic

#56C2CC #CC56C2 #C2CC56

tetradic

#56C2CC #9B56CC #CC6056 #87CC56

square

#56C2CC #9B56CC #CC6056 #87CC56

split-complementary

#56C2CC #CC5687 #CC9B56

monochromatic

#277981 #35A5B0 #56C2CC #85D3DA #B4E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#56C2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#56C2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2CC

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2CC	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.099 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4db',
    500: '#56c2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2cc;
$custom-light: #91d4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2CC

secondary

#D7ABA7

accent

#574BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2CC

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

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