#56D5CB#56D5CB

#56D5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.113 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5CB
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 203)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -37.20, -5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 37.61, 188.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.1114 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.113 188)
XYZ	xyz(38.4067, 53.8747, 64.8631)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5CB #D55660

analogous

#56D58B #56D5CB #569FD5

triadic

#56D5CB #CB56D5 #D5CB56

tetradic

#56D5CB #8B56D5 #D55660 #9FD556

square

#56D5CB #8B56D5 #D55660 #9FD556

split-complementary

#56D5CB #D5569F #D58B56

monochromatic

#238D85 #2FBEB3 #56D5CB #87E1DA #B8EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#56D5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#56D5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5CB

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5CB	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.113 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2da',
    500: '#56d5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5cb;
$custom-light: #93e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.276,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79995,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.53879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5CB

secondary

#933C43

accent

#4451E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5CB

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

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