#56D3CE#56D3CE

#56D3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.110 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3CE
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 206)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -35.48, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 36.35, 192.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.1081 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.11 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2677, 53.0192, 66.5975)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3CE #D3565B

analogous

#56D38F #56D3CE #5699D3

triadic

#56D3CE #CE56D3 #D3CE56

tetradic

#56D3CE #8F56D3 #D3565B #99D356

square

#56D3CE #8F56D3 #D3565B #99D356

split-complementary

#56D3CE #D35699 #D38F56

monochromatic

#248B86 #31BBB6 #56D3CE #87E0DC #B7ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#56D3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#56D3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3CE

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3CE	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.110 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1dc',
    500: '#56d3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3ce;
$custom-light: #93e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79616,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3CE

secondary

#913C40

accent

#464CE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3CE

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

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