#56CBCD#56CBCD

#56CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.105 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBCD
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -31.98, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 33.78, 198.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.1001 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.105 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2084, 49.0944, 65.3137)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBCD #CD5856

analogous

#56CD93 #56CBCD #5690CD

triadic

#56CBCD #CD56CB #CBCD56

tetradic

#56CBCD #9356CD #CD5856 #90CD56

square

#56CBCD #9356CD #CD5856 #90CD56

split-complementary

#56CBCD #CD5690 #CD9356

monochromatic

#268182 #34AFB1 #56CBCD #85DADB #B4E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#56CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#56CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBCD

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBCD	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.105 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbdc',
    500: '#56cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbcd;
$custom-light: #92dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77684,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBCD

secondary

#D8A8A7

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBCD

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

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