#56CDCD#56CDCD

#56CDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.106 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDCD
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -32.93, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 34.42, 196.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.1022 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.106 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6838, 50.0451, 65.4722)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDCD #CD5656

analogous

#56CD92 #56CDCD #5692CD

triadic

#56CDCD #CD56CD #CDCD56

tetradic

#56CDCD #9256CD #CD5656 #92CD56

square

#56CDCD #9256CD #CD5656 #92CD56

split-complementary

#56CDCD #CD5692 #CD9256

monochromatic

#268282 #34B1B1 #56CDCD #85DBDB #B4E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#56CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#56CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDCD

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDCD	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.106 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dcdc',
    500: '#56cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdcd;
$custom-light: #92dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78159,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDCD

secondary

#893E3E

accent

#4A4ADE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDCD

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

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