#56CED5#56CED5

#56CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.107 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CED5
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -31.21, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 34.02, 203.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0999 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.107 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9142, 50.9212, 70.7686)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CED5 #D55D56

analogous

#56D59C #56CED5 #568ED5

triadic

#56CED5 #D556CE #CED556

tetradic

#56CED5 #9C56D5 #D55D56 #8ED556

square

#56CED5 #9C56D5 #D55D56 #8ED556

split-complementary

#56CED5 #D5568E #D59C56

monochromatic

#23888D #2FB7BE #56CED5 #87DCE1 #B8EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#56CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#56CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CED5

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CED5	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.107 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde1',
    500: '#56ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ced5;
$custom-light: #93dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.307,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7867,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CED5

secondary

#93413C

accent

#4D44E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CED5

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

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