#56D3DC#56D3DC

#56D3DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.110 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3DC
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -31.65, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 34.93, 205.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1022 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.11 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0448, 53.7300, 75.9568)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3DC #DC5F56

analogous

#56DCA2 #56D3DC #5690DC

triadic

#56D3DC #DC56D3 #D3DC56

tetradic

#56D3DC #A256DC #DC5F56 #90DC56

square

#56D3DC #A256DC #DC5F56 #90DC56

split-complementary

#56D3DC #DC5690 #DCA256

monochromatic

#209098 #2AC0CB #56D3DC #89E0E6 #BBEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#56D3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#56D3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3DC

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3DC	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.110 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1e6',
    500: '#56d3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3dc;
$custom-light: #94e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.03,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80092,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3DC

secondary

#9C403A

accent

#4B3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3DC

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

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