#56CDC8#56CDC8

#56CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.106 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDC8
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -34.28, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 35.10, 192.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.1043 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.106 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0899, 49.8075, 62.3442)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDC8 #CD565B

analogous

#56CD8D #56CDC8 #5697CD

triadic

#56CDC8 #C856CD #CDC856

tetradic

#56CDC8 #8D56CD #CD565B #97CD56

square

#56CDC8 #8D56CD #CD565B #97CD56

split-complementary

#56CDC8 #CD5697 #CD8D56

monochromatic

#26827E #34B1AC #56CDC8 #85DBD7 #B4E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#56CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#56CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDC8

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDC8	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.106 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dcd8',
    500: '#56cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdc8;
$custom-light: #92dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77992,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDC8

secondary

#D8A7A9

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDC8

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

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