#56CDCE#56CDCE

#56CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.106 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDCE
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -32.66, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 34.31, 197.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.1018 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.106 196)
XYZ	xyz(36.8049, 50.0935, 66.1099)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDCE #CE5756

analogous

#56CE93 #56CDCE #5691CE

triadic

#56CDCE #CE56CD #CDCE56

tetradic

#56CDCE #9356CE #CE5756 #91CE56

square

#56CDCE #9356CE #CE5756 #91CE56

split-complementary

#56CDCE #CE5691 #CE9356

monochromatic

#268383 #34B2B3 #56CDCE #85DBDC #B5E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#56CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#56CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDCE

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDCE	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.106 196.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78192,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.50097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDCE

secondary

#8B3E3E

accent

#4B49DE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDCE

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

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