#56C5CD#56C5CD

#56C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.101 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5CD
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -29.09, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 32.08, 204.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0937 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.101 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8188, 46.3152, 64.8505)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5CD #CD5E56

analogous

#56CD9A #56C5CD #5689CD

triadic

#56C5CD #CD56C5 #C5CD56

tetradic

#56C5CD #9A56CD #CD5E56 #89CD56

square

#56C5CD #9A56CD #CD5E56 #89CD56

split-complementary

#56C5CD #CD5689 #CD9A56

monochromatic

#267C82 #34A9B1 #56C5CD #85D5DB #B4E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#56C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#56C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5CD

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5CD	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.101 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7dc',
    500: '#56c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5cd;
$custom-light: #91d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.034,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76264,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5CD

secondary

#D8AAA7

accent

#544ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5CD

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

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