#56C3CA#56C3CA

#56C3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.100 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3CA
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -28.95, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 31.70, 204.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0929 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.1 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0091, 45.2695, 62.8113)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3CA #CA5D56

analogous

#56CA97 #56C3CA #5689CA

triadic

#56C3CA #CA56C3 #C3CA56

tetradic

#56C3CA #9756CA #CA5D56 #89CA56

square

#56C3CA #9756CA #CA5D56 #89CA56

split-complementary

#56C3CA #CA5689 #CA9756

monochromatic

#28797E #36A6AD #56C3CA #85D4D9 #B3E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#56C3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#56C3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3CA

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3CA	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.100 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5da',
    500: '#56c3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3ca;
$custom-light: #91d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.621,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75684,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3CA

secondary

#D6A9A6

accent

#554CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3CA

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

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