#56D3DE#56D3DE

#56D3DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.110 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3DE
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 222)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -31.09, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 34.86, 206.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.1014 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.11 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3112, 53.8366, 77.3601)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3DE #DE6156

analogous

#56DEA5 #56D3DE #568FDE

triadic

#56D3DE #DE56D3 #D3DE56

tetradic

#56D3DE #A556DE #DE6156 #8FDE56

square

#56D3DE #A556DE #DE6156 #8FDE56

split-complementary

#56D3DE #DE568F #DEA556

monochromatic

#1E919B #28C1CE #56D3DE #89E0E8 #BCEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#56D3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#56D3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3DE

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3DE	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.110 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1e8',
    500: '#56d3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3de;
$custom-light: #94e1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.853,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80163,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3DE

secondary

#9F4139

accent

#2516CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3DE

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

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