#56CEDB#56CEDB

#56CEDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.108 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEDB
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 219)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -29.52, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 33.81, 209.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0974 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.108 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6899, 51.2315, 74.8538)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEDB #DB6356

analogous

#56DBA6 #56CEDB #568BDB

triadic

#56CEDB #DB56CE #CEDB56

tetradic

#56CEDB #A656DB #DB6356 #8BDB56

square

#56CEDB #A656DB #DB6356 #8BDB56

split-complementary

#56CEDB #DB568B #DBA656

monochromatic

#208B97 #2BBAC9 #56CEDB #88DDE6 #BBEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#56CEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#56CEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEDB

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEDB	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.108 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde6',
    500: '#56cedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cedb;
$custom-light: #93dde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.865,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78884,
    "c": 0.1076,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEDB

secondary

#9B443A

accent

#5040E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEDB

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

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