#56C6DC#56C6DC

#56C6DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.105 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6DC
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -25.30, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 32.56, 219.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0887 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.105 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9448, 47.5301, 74.9235)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6DC #DC6C56

analogous

#56DCAF #56C6DC #5683DC

triadic

#56C6DC #DC56C6 #C6DC56

tetradic

#56C6DC #AF56DC #DC6C56 #83DC56

square

#56C6DC #AF56DC #DC6C56 #83DC56

split-complementary

#56C6DC #DC5683 #DCAF56

monochromatic

#208498 #2AB0CB #56C6DC #89D7E6 #BBE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#56C6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#56C6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6DC

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6DC	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.105 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7e6',
    500: '#56c6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6dc;
$custom-light: #93d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.851,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77051,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6DC

secondary

#E1B6AD

accent

#5B3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6DC

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

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