#56C3CE#56C3CE

#56C3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.100 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3CE
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -27.83, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 31.57, 208.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0912 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.1 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4888, 45.4614, 65.3379)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3CE #CE6156

analogous

#56CE9D #56C3CE #5687CE

triadic

#56C3CE #CE56C3 #C3CE56

tetradic

#56C3CE #9D56CE #CE6156 #87CE56

square

#56C3CE #9D56CE #CE6156 #87CE56

split-complementary

#56C3CE #CE5687 #CE9D56

monochromatic

#267B83 #34A7B3 #56C3CE #85D4DC #B5E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#56C3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#56C3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3CE

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3CE	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.100 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5dd',
    500: '#56c3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3ce;
$custom-light: #91d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75827,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3CE

secondary

#D8ACA8

accent

#5749DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3CE

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

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