#56C5CE#56C5CE

#56C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5CE
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -28.81, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 32.04, 205.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0933 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9399, 46.3636, 65.4883)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5CE #CE5F56

analogous

#56CE9B #56C5CE #5689CE

triadic

#56C5CE #CE56C5 #C5CE56

tetradic

#56C5CE #9B56CE #CE5F56 #89CE56

square

#56C5CE #9B56CE #CE5F56 #89CE56

split-complementary

#56C5CE #CE5689 #CE9B56

monochromatic

#267C83 #34A9B3 #56C5CE #85D5DC #B5E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#56C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#56C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5CE

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5CE	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7dd',
    500: '#56c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5ce;
$custom-light: #91d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76299,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5CE

secondary

#D8ABA8

accent

#5549DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5CE

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

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