#56C3CC#56C3CC

#56C3CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3CC
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -28.39, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 31.62, 206.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.092 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2474, 45.3648, 64.0665)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3CC #CC5F56

analogous

#56CC9A #56C3CC #5688CC

triadic

#56C3CC #CC56C3 #C3CC56

tetradic

#56C3CC #9A56CC #CC5F56 #88CC56

square

#56C3CC #9A56CC #CC5F56 #88CC56

split-complementary

#56C3CC #CC5688 #CC9A56

monochromatic

#277A81 #35A6B0 #56C3CC #85D4DA #B4E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#56C3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#56C3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3CC

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3CC	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5db',
    500: '#56c3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3cc;
$custom-light: #91d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.576,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75755,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3CC

secondary

#D7ABA7

accent

#564BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3CC

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

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