#56C3CB#56C3CB

#56C3CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.100 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3CB
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -28.67, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 31.66, 205.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0924 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.1 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1278, 45.3170, 63.4368)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3CB #CB5E56

analogous

#56CB99 #56C3CB #5689CB

triadic

#56C3CB #CB56C3 #C3CB56

tetradic

#56C3CB #9956CB #CB5E56 #89CB56

square

#56C3CB #9956CB #CB5E56 #89CB56

split-complementary

#56C3CB #CB5689 #CB9956

monochromatic

#27797F #36A6AE #56C3CB #85D4D9 #B4E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#56C3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#56C3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3CB

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3CB	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.100 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5da',
    500: '#56c3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3cb;
$custom-light: #91d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.103,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7572,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3CB

secondary

#D6AAA6

accent

#554BDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3CB

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

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