#56C8DC#56C8DC

#56C8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.106 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8DC
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -26.30, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 32.80, 216.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0908 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.106 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4050, 48.4504, 75.0769)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8DC #DC6A56

analogous

#56DCAD #56C8DC #5685DC

triadic

#56C8DC #DC56C8 #C8DC56

tetradic

#56C8DC #AD56DC #DC6A56 #85DC56

square

#56C8DC #AD56DC #DC6A56 #85DC56

split-complementary

#56C8DC #DC5685 #DCAD56

monochromatic

#208698 #2AB3CB #56C8DC #89D9E6 #BBE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#56C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#56C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8DC

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8DC	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.106 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9e6',
    500: '#56c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8dc;
$custom-light: #93d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77518,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8DC

secondary

#E1B5AD

accent

#583FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8DC

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

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