#56CED4#56CED4

#56CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.107 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CED4
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -31.49, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 34.08, 202.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.1003 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.107 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7877, 50.8706, 70.1022)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CED4 #D45C56

analogous

#56D49B #56CED4 #568FD4

triadic

#56CED4 #D456CE #CED456

tetradic

#56CED4 #9B56D4 #D45C56 #8FD456

square

#56CED4 #9B56D4 #D45C56 #8FD456

split-complementary

#56CED4 #D4568F #D49B56

monochromatic

#24878C #30B6BD #56CED4 #87DCE0 #B8EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#56CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#56CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CED4

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CED4	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.107 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde1',
    500: '#56ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ced4;
$custom-light: #93dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78635,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CED4

secondary

#92403C

accent

#4D45E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CED4

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

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