#56CEC4#56CEC4

#56CEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.108 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEC4
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 196)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 4.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -35.80, -5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 36.16, 188.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.1071 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.108 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8685, 50.1029, 59.9944)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEC4 #CE5660

analogous

#56CE88 #56CEC4 #569CCE

triadic

#56CEC4 #C456CE #CEC456

tetradic

#56CEC4 #8856CE #CE5660 #9CCE56

square

#56CEC4 #8856CE #CE5660 #9CCE56

split-complementary

#56CEC4 #CE569C #CE8856

monochromatic

#26837C #34B3A8 #56CEC4 #85DCD5 #B5EAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#56CEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#56CEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEC4

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEC4	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	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)

#C4C4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.108 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ddd5',
    500: '#56cec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cec4;
$custom-light: #92ddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78101,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEC4

secondary

#8B3E44

accent

#4956DE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEC4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →