#56CBD5#56CBD5

#56CBD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.105 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBD5
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -29.76, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 33.26, 206.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0968 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.105 203)
XYZ	xyz(37.1989, 49.4906, 70.5301)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBD5 #D56056

analogous

#56D59F #56CBD5 #568BD5

triadic

#56CBD5 #D556CB #CBD556

tetradic

#56CBD5 #9F56D5 #D56056 #8BD556

square

#56CBD5 #9F56D5 #D56056 #8BD556

split-complementary

#56CBD5 #D5568B #D59F56

monochromatic

#23858D #2FB3BE #56CBD5 #87DAE1 #B8E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#56CBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#56CBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBD5

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBD5	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.105 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbe1',
    500: '#56cbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbd5;
$custom-light: #92dbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77964,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.49494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBD5

secondary

#DDAEAA

accent

#5144E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBD5

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

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