#56C8CC#56C8CC

#56C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.103 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8CC
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -30.82, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 32.97, 200.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0974 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.103 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3865, 47.6430, 64.4462)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8CC #CC5A56

analogous

#56CC95 #56C8CC #568DCC

triadic

#56C8CC #CC56C8 #C8CC56

tetradic

#56C8CC #9556CC #CC5A56 #8DCC56

square

#56C8CC #9556CC #CC5A56 #8DCC56

split-complementary

#56C8CC #CC568D #CC9556

monochromatic

#277E81 #35ACB0 #56C8CC #85D7DA #B4E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#56C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#56C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8CC

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8CC	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.103 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9db',
    500: '#56c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8cc;
$custom-light: #92d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76939,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8CC

secondary

#D7A8A7

accent

#504BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8CC

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

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