#56C8CD#56C8CD

#56C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.103 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8CD
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -30.54, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 32.89, 201.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0969 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.103 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5068, 47.6912, 65.0799)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8CD #CD5B56

analogous

#56CD97 #56C8CD #568DCD

triadic

#56C8CD #CD56C8 #C8CD56

tetradic

#56C8CD #9756CD #CD5B56 #8DCD56

square

#56C8CD #9756CD #CD5B56 #8DCD56

split-complementary

#56C8CD #CD568D #CD9756

monochromatic

#267E82 #34ACB1 #56C8CD #85D7DB #B4E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#56C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#56C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8CD

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8CD	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.103 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9dc',
    500: '#56c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8cd;
$custom-light: #92d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.521,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76974,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8CD

secondary

#D8A9A7

accent

#504ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8CD

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

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