#56C4CD#56C4CD

#56C4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.100 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4CD
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -28.60, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 31.83, 206.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0927 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.1 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5925, 45.8626, 64.7751)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4CD #CD5F56

analogous

#56CD9B #56C4CD #5689CD

triadic

#56C4CD #CD56C4 #C4CD56

tetradic

#56C4CD #9B56CD #CD5F56 #89CD56

square

#56C4CD #9B56CD #CD5F56 #89CD56

split-complementary

#56C4CD #CD5689 #CD9B56

monochromatic

#267B82 #34A8B1 #56C4CD #85D4DB #B4E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#56C4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#56C4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4CD

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4CD	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.100 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6dc',
    500: '#56c4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4cd;
$custom-light: #91d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.538,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76027,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4CD

secondary

#D8ABA7

accent

#554ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4CD

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

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