#56C3CD#56C3CD

#56C3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.100 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3CD
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -28.11, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 31.59, 207.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0916 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.1 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3677, 45.4130, 64.7002)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3CD #CD6056

analogous

#56CD9C #56C3CD #5688CD

triadic

#56C3CD #CD56C3 #C3CD56

tetradic

#56C3CD #9C56CD #CD6056 #88CD56

square

#56C3CD #9C56CD #CD6056 #88CD56

split-complementary

#56C3CD #CD5688 #CD9C56

monochromatic

#267A82 #34A7B1 #56C3CD #85D4DB #B4E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#56C3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#56C3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3CD

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3CD	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.100 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5dc',
    500: '#56c3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3cd;
$custom-light: #91d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.042,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75791,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3CD

secondary

#D8ABA7

accent

#574ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3CD

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

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