#56C4CC#56C4CC

#56C4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.100 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4CC
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 3.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -28.88, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 31.87, 205.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0931 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.1 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4722, 45.8145, 64.1414)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4CC #CC5E56

analogous

#56CC99 #56C4CC #5689CC

triadic

#56C4CC #CC56C4 #C4CC56

tetradic

#56C4CC #9956CC #CC5E56 #89CC56

square

#56C4CC #9956CC #CC5E56 #89CC56

split-complementary

#56C4CC #CC5689 #CC9956

monochromatic

#277B81 #35A7B0 #56C4CC #85D4DA #B4E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#56C4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#56C4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4CC

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4CC	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.100 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6db',
    500: '#56c4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4cc;
$custom-light: #91d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.068,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75992,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4CC

secondary

#D7AAA7

accent

#554BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4CC

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

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