#56D5CC#56D5CC

#56D5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.112 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5CC
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -36.93, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 37.42, 189.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.111 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.112 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5262, 53.9226, 65.4928)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5CC #D5565F

analogous

#56D58C #56D5CC #569ED5

triadic

#56D5CC #CC56D5 #D5CC56

tetradic

#56D5CC #8C56D5 #D5565F #9ED556

square

#56D5CC #8C56D5 #D5565F #9ED556

split-complementary

#56D5CC #D5569E #D58C56

monochromatic

#238D86 #2FBEB4 #56D5CC #87E1DB #B8EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#56D5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#56D5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5CC

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5CC	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.112 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2db',
    500: '#56d5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5cc;
$custom-light: #93e2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.748,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80026,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5CC

secondary

#933C42

accent

#4450E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5CC

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

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