#56C8D8#56C8D8

#56C8D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.105 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8D8
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -27.45, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 32.63, 212.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0924 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.105 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8816, 48.2411, 72.3202)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8D8 #D86656

analogous

#56D8A7 #56C8D8 #5687D8

triadic

#56C8D8 #D856C8 #C8D856

tetradic

#56C8D8 #A756D8 #D86656 #87D856

square

#56C8D8 #A756D8 #D86656 #87D856

split-complementary

#56C8D8 #D85687 #D8A756

monochromatic

#228492 #2DB1C4 #56C8D8 #88D8E3 #B9E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#56C8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#56C8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8D8

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8D8	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.105 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e4',
    500: '#56c8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8d8;
$custom-light: #92d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77368,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8D8

secondary

#DEB2AB

accent

#5642E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8D8

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

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