#56CDD5#56CDD5

#56CDD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.106 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDD5
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -30.73, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 33.76, 204.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0989 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.106 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6742, 50.4413, 70.6886)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDD5 #D55E56

analogous

#56D59D #56CDD5 #568DD5

triadic

#56CDD5 #D556CD #CDD556

tetradic

#56CDD5 #9D56D5 #D55E56 #8DD556

square

#56CDD5 #9D56D5 #D55E56 #8DD556

split-complementary

#56CDD5 #D5568D #D59D56

monochromatic

#23878D #2FB5BE #56CDD5 #87DCE1 #B8EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#56CDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#56CDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDD5

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDD5	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.106 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce1',
    500: '#56cdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdd5;
$custom-light: #93dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.78,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78435,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDD5

secondary

#93413C

accent

#4E44E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDD5

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

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