#56D4DC#56D4DC

#56D4DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.111 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4DC
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -32.13, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 35.18, 204.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.1032 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.111 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2940, 54.2284, 76.0399)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4DC #DC5E56

analogous

#56DCA1 #56D4DC #5691DC

triadic

#56D4DC #DC56D4 #D4DC56

tetradic

#56D4DC #A156DC #DC5E56 #91DC56

square

#56D4DC #A156DC #DC5E56 #91DC56

split-complementary

#56D4DC #DC5691 #DCA156

monochromatic

#209198 #2AC1CB #56D4DC #89E1E6 #BBEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#56D4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#56D4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4DC

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4DC	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.111 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1e6',
    500: '#56d4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4dc;
$custom-light: #94e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.582,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80327,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4DC

secondary

#9C403A

accent

#493FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4DC

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

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