#56C6CA#56C6CA

#56C6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.101 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6CA
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -30.40, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 32.54, 200.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0961 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.101 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6880, 46.6274, 63.0376)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6CA #CA5A56

analogous

#56CA94 #56C6CA #568CCA

triadic

#56C6CA #CA56C6 #C6CA56

tetradic

#56C6CA #9456CA #CA5A56 #8CCA56

square

#56C6CA #9456CA #CA5A56 #8CCA56

split-complementary

#56C6CA #CA568C #CA9456

monochromatic

#287B7E #36A9AD #56C6CA #85D6D9 #B3E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#56C6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#56C6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6CA

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6CA	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.101 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7da',
    500: '#56c6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6ca;
$custom-light: #91d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.069,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76395,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6CA

secondary

#D6A8A6

accent

#514CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6CA

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

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