#56D4DD#56D4DD

#56D4DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.111 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4DD
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -31.85, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 35.13, 204.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.1028 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.111 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4268, 54.2816, 76.7394)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4DD #DD5F56

analogous

#56DDA2 #56D4DD #5690DD

triadic

#56D4DD #DD56D4 #D4DD56

tetradic

#56D4DD #A256DD #DD5F56 #90DD56

square

#56D4DD #A256DD #DD5F56 #90DD56

split-complementary

#56D4DD #DD5690 #DDA256

monochromatic

#1F919A #29C2CD #56D4DD #89E1E7 #BCEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#56D4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#56D4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4DD

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4DD	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.111 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1e7',
    500: '#56d4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4dd;
$custom-light: #94e1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80362,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4DD

secondary

#9E403A

accent

#2317CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4DD

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

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