#56C8D5#56C8D5

#56C8D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.104 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8D5
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 213)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -28.30, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 32.59, 209.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0936 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.104 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4973, 48.0873, 70.2962)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8D5 #D56356

analogous

#56D5A2 #56C8D5 #5688D5

triadic

#56C8D5 #D556C8 #C8D556

tetradic

#56C8D5 #A256D5 #D56356 #88D556

square

#56C8D5 #A256D5 #D56356 #88D556

split-complementary

#56C8D5 #D55688 #D5A256

monochromatic

#23838D #2FB0BE #56C8D5 #87D8E1 #B8E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#56C8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#56C8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8D5

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8D5	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.104 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e1',
    500: '#56c8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8d5;
$custom-light: #92d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.142,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77258,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8D5

secondary

#DDAFAA

accent

#5544E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8D5

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

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