#56CED6#56CED6

#56CED6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CED6
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 214)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -30.93, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 33.96, 204.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0995 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0415, 50.9721, 71.4391)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CED6 #D65E56

analogous

#56D69E #56CED6 #568ED6

triadic

#56CED6 #D656CE #CED656

tetradic

#56CED6 #9E56D6 #D65E56 #8ED656

square

#56CED6 #9E56D6 #D65E56 #8ED656

split-complementary

#56CED6 #D6568E #D69E56

monochromatic

#23888F #2FB7C0 #56CED6 #87DCE2 #B9EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#56CED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#56CED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CED6

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CED6	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ced6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde2',
    500: '#56ced6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ced6;
$custom-light: #93dde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ced6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78705,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CED6

secondary

#95413C

accent

#4E44E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CED6

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

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