#56CDD4#56CDD4

#56CDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.106 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDD4
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -31.01, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 33.81, 203.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0993 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.106 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5477, 50.3907, 70.0222)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDD4 #D45D56

analogous

#56D49C #56CDD4 #568ED4

triadic

#56CDD4 #D456CD #CDD456

tetradic

#56CDD4 #9C56D4 #D45D56 #8ED456

square

#56CDD4 #9C56D4 #D45D56 #8ED456

split-complementary

#56CDD4 #D4568E #D49C56

monochromatic

#24868C #30B5BD #56CDD4 #87DBE0 #B8EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#56CDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#56CDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDD4

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDD4	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.106 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce1',
    500: '#56cdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdd4;
$custom-light: #93dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.784,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDD4

secondary

#92413C

accent

#4E45E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDD4

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

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