#56C8CA#56C8CA

#56C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.103 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8CA
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -31.37, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 33.15, 198.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0982 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.103 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1482, 47.5477, 63.1910)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8CA #CA5856

analogous

#56CA92 #56C8CA #568ECA

triadic

#56C8CA #CA56C8 #C8CA56

tetradic

#56C8CA #9256CA #CA5856 #8ECA56

square

#56C8CA #9256CA #CA5856 #8ECA56

split-complementary

#56C8CA #CA568E #CA9256

monochromatic

#287D7E #36ABAD #56C8CA #85D7D9 #B3E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#56C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#56C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8CA

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8CA	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)

#BCBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.103 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9da',
    500: '#56c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8ca;
$custom-light: #91d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7687,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8CA

secondary

#D6A7A6

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8CA

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

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