#56CDCF#56CDCF

#56CDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.106 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDCF
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -32.39, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 34.21, 198.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.1014 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.106 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9267, 50.1423, 66.7517)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDCF #CF5856

analogous

#56CF95 #56CDCF #5690CF

triadic

#56CDCF #CF56CD #CDCF56

tetradic

#56CDCF #9556CF #CF5856 #90CF56

square

#56CDCF #9556CF #CF5856 #90CF56

split-complementary

#56CDCF #CF5690 #CF9556

monochromatic

#268385 #33B2B5 #56CDCF #86DBDD #B5E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#56CDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#56CDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDCF

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDCF	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.106 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dcdd',
    500: '#56cdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdcf;
$custom-light: #92dcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.992,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78227,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDCF

secondary

#8C3F3D

accent

#4B49DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDCF

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

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