#56CEDD#56CEDD

#56CEDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.108 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEDD
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -28.96, -17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 33.81, 211.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0966 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.108 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9547, 51.3374, 76.2488)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEDD #DD6556

analogous

#56DDA9 #56CEDD #568ADD

triadic

#56CEDD #DD56CE #CEDD56

tetradic

#56CEDD #A956DD #DD6556 #8ADD56

square

#56CEDD #A956DD #DD6556 #8ADD56

split-complementary

#56CEDD #DD568A #DDA956

monochromatic

#1F8C9A #29BACD #56CEDD #89DDE7 #BCECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#56CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#56CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEDD

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEDD	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.108 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde7',
    500: '#56cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cedd;
$custom-light: #93dde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78957,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEDD

secondary

#9E453A

accent

#2B17CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEDD

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

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