#56C5CC#56C5CC

#56C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.101 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5CC
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -29.37, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 32.13, 203.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0942 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.101 201)
XYZ	xyz(34.6985, 46.2671, 64.2168)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5CC #CC5D56

analogous

#56CC98 #56C5CC #568ACC

triadic

#56C5CC #CC56C5 #C5CC56

tetradic

#56C5CC #9856CC #CC5D56 #8ACC56

square

#56C5CC #9856CC #CC5D56 #8ACC56

split-complementary

#56C5CC #CC568A #CC9856

monochromatic

#277B81 #35A8B0 #56C5CC #85D5DA #B4E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#56C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#56C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5CC

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5CC	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.101 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7db',
    500: '#56c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5cc;
$custom-light: #91d7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.559,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76228,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.46271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5CC

secondary

#D7AAA7

accent

#534BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5CC

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

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