#56D3DD#56D3DD

#56D3DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.110 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3DD
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -31.37, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 34.89, 205.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.1018 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.11 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1776, 53.7832, 76.6564)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3DD #DD6056

analogous

#56DDA3 #56D3DD #5690DD

triadic

#56D3DD #DD56D3 #D3DD56

tetradic

#56D3DD #A356DD #DD6056 #90DD56

square

#56D3DD #A356DD #DD6056 #90DD56

split-complementary

#56D3DD #DD5690 #DDA356

monochromatic

#1F919A #29C1CD #56D3DD #89E0E7 #BCEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#56D3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#56D3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3DD

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3DD	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.110 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1e7',
    500: '#56d3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3dd;
$custom-light: #94e1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80127,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3DD

secondary

#9E413A

accent

#2517CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3DD

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

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