#56CED9#56CED9

#56CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.107 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CED9
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -30.09, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 33.85, 207.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0983 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.107 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4282, 51.1268, 73.4754)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CED9 #D96156

analogous

#56D9A3 #56CED9 #568DD9

triadic

#56CED9 #D956CE #CED956

tetradic

#56CED9 #A356D9 #D96156 #8DD956

square

#56CED9 #A356D9 #D96156 #8DD956

split-complementary

#56CED9 #D9568D #D9A356

monochromatic

#218A93 #2CB9C5 #56CED9 #88DCE4 #BAEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#56CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#56CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CED9

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CED9	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.107 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde4',
    500: '#56ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ced9;
$custom-light: #93dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78812,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CED9

secondary

#98433B

accent

#4F41E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CED9

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

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