#56C8BC#56C8BC

#56C8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.105 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8BC
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -35.10, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 35.30, 186.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.1042 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.105 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5651, 46.9145, 54.8537)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8BC #C85662

analogous

#56C883 #56C8BC #569BC8

triadic

#56C8BC #BC56C8 #C8BC56

tetradic

#56C8BC #8356C8 #C85662 #9BC856

square

#56C8BC #8356C8 #C85662 #9BC856

split-complementary

#56C8BC #C8569B #C88356

monochromatic

#287B73 #37AA9E #56C8BC #84D7CE #B2E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#56C8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#56C8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8BC

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8BC	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.105 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9d0',
    500: '#56c8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8bc;
$custom-light: #90d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7641,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8BC

secondary

#D4A5AA

accent

#4D5CDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8BC

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

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