#56CCD8#56CCD8

#56CCD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.106 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CCD8
RGB	rgb(86, 204, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -29.40, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 33.42, 208.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0966 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.106 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8201, 50.1181, 72.6330)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CCD8 #D86256

analogous

#56D8A3 #56CCD8 #568BD8

triadic

#56CCD8 #D856CC #CCD856

tetradic

#56CCD8 #A356D8 #D86256 #8BD856

square

#56CCD8 #A356D8 #D86256 #8BD856

split-complementary

#56CCD8 #D8568B #D8A356

monochromatic

#228892 #2DB6C4 #56CCD8 #88DBE3 #B9EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#56CCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#56CCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CCD8

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CCD8	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ccd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 204, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.106 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce4',
    500: '#56ccd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ccd8;
$custom-light: #93dce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ccd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.538,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78307,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CCD8

secondary

#97443B

accent

#5142E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CCD8

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

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