#56CEDC#56CEDC

#56CEDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.108 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEDC
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -29.24, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 33.81, 210.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.097 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.108 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8219, 51.2843, 75.5492)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEDC #DC6456

analogous

#56DCA7 #56CEDC #568BDC

triadic

#56CEDC #DC56CE #CEDC56

tetradic

#56CEDC #A756DC #DC6456 #8BDC56

square

#56CEDC #A756DC #DC6456 #8BDC56

split-complementary

#56CEDC #DC568B #DCA756

monochromatic

#208B98 #2ABACB #56CEDC #89DDE6 #BBEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#56CEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#56CEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEDC

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEDC	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.108 205.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7892,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEDC

secondary

#9C443A

accent

#513FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEDC

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

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