#56C8D4#56C8D4

#56C8D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.104 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8D4
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 212)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -28.59, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 32.60, 208.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.094 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.104 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3707, 48.0367, 69.6298)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8D4 #D46256

analogous

#56D4A1 #56C8D4 #5689D4

triadic

#56C8D4 #D456C8 #C8D456

tetradic

#56C8D4 #A156D4 #D46256 #89D456

square

#56C8D4 #A156D4 #D46256 #89D456

split-complementary

#56C8D4 #D45689 #D4A156

monochromatic

#24828C #30AFBD #56C8D4 #87D8E0 #B8E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#56C8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#56C8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8D4

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8D4	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.104 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e1',
    500: '#56c8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8d4;
$custom-light: #92d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77222,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8D4

secondary

#DCAFAA

accent

#5445E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8D4

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

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