#56C9DD#56C9DD

#56C9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.106 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C9DD
RGB	rgb(86, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -26.50, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 33.00, 216.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0914 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.106 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7702, 48.9683, 75.8539)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C9DD #DD6A56

analogous

#56DDAD #56C9DD #5685DD

triadic

#56C9DD #DD56C9 #C9DD56

tetradic

#56C9DD #AD56DD #DD6A56 #85DD56

square

#56C9DD #AD56DD #DD6A56 #85DD56

split-complementary

#56C9DD #DD5685 #DDAD56

monochromatic

#1F879A #29B4CD #56C9DD #89D9E7 #BCEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#56C9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#56C9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C9DD

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C9DD	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.106 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9e7',
    500: '#56c9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c9dd;
$custom-light: #93d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77789,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C9DD

secondary

#E1B5AE

accent

#3217CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C9DD

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

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