#56C2CD#56C2CD

#56C2CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.099 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2CD
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -27.62, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 31.36, 208.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0905 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.099 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1444, 44.9664, 64.6257)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2CD #CD6156

analogous

#56CD9C #56C2CD #5687CD

triadic

#56C2CD #CD56C2 #C2CD56

tetradic

#56C2CD #9C56CD #CD6156 #87CD56

square

#56C2CD #9C56CD #CD6156 #87CD56

split-complementary

#56C2CD #CD5687 #CD9C56

monochromatic

#267A82 #34A6B1 #56C2CD #85D3DB #B4E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#56C2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#56C2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2CD

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2CD	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.099 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4dc',
    500: '#56c2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2cd;
$custom-light: #91d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.546,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75555,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2CD

secondary

#D8ACA7

accent

#584ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2CD

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

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