#56C4D0#56C4D0

#56C4D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.101 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4D0
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 208)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -27.76, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 31.77, 209.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0914 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.101 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9581, 46.0088, 66.7006)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4D0 #D06256

analogous

#56D09F #56C4D0 #5687D0

triadic

#56C4D0 #D056C4 #C4D056

tetradic

#56C4D0 #9F56D0 #D06256 #87D056

square

#56C4D0 #9F56D0 #D06256 #87D056

split-complementary

#56C4D0 #D05687 #D09F56

monochromatic

#257D86 #33A9B6 #56C4D0 #86D5DD #B6E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#56C4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#56C4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4D0

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4D0	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.101 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6de',
    500: '#56c4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4d0;
$custom-light: #91d6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.902,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76135,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4D0

secondary

#D9ADA8

accent

#5748E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4D0

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

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