#56C4CF#56C4CF

#56C4CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4CF
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -28.04, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 31.78, 208.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0919 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8355, 45.9598, 66.0547)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4CF #CF6156

analogous

#56CF9E #56C4CF #5687CF

triadic

#56C4CF #CF56C4 #C4CF56

tetradic

#56C4CF #9E56CF #CF6156 #87CF56

square

#56C4CF #9E56CF #CF6156 #87CF56

split-complementary

#56C4CF #CF5687 #CF9E56

monochromatic

#267C85 #33A9B5 #56C4CF #86D5DD #B5E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#56C4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#56C4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4CF

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4CF	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6dd',
    500: '#56c4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4cf;
$custom-light: #91d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4CF

secondary

#D9ACA8

accent

#5649DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4CF

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

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