#56CCD5#56CCD5

#56CCD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.106 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CCD5
RGB	rgb(86, 204, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -30.25, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 33.50, 205.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0978 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.106 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4358, 49.9644, 70.6091)
Luminance	0.4997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CCD5 #D55F56

analogous

#56D59E #56CCD5 #568CD5

triadic

#56CCD5 #D556CC #CCD556

tetradic

#56CCD5 #9E56D5 #D55F56 #8CD556

square

#56CCD5 #9E56D5 #D55F56 #8CD556

split-complementary

#56CCD5 #D5568C #D59E56

monochromatic

#23868D #2FB4BE #56CCD5 #87DBE1 #B8EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#56CCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#56CCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CCD5

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CCD5	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ccd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 204, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.106 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce1',
    500: '#56ccd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ccd5;
$custom-light: #93dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ccd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.252,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78199,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CCD5

secondary

#DDAEAA

accent

#5044E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CCD5

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

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