#56CADD#56CADD

#56CADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.107 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CADD
RGB	rgb(86, 202, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -27.00, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 33.14, 215.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0925 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.107 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0040, 49.4360, 75.9318)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CADD #DD6956

analogous

#56DDAC #56CADD #5687DD

triadic

#56CADD #DD56CA #CADD56

tetradic

#56CADD #AC56DD #DD6956 #87DD56

square

#56CADD #AC56DD #DD6956 #87DD56

split-complementary

#56CADD #DD5687 #DDAC56

monochromatic

#1F889A #29B6CD #56CADD #89DAE7 #BCEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#56CADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#56CADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CADD

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CADD	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 202, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.107 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dae7',
    500: '#56cadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cadd;
$custom-light: #93dae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78022,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CADD

secondary

#E1B5AE

accent

#3117CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CADD

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

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