#56D5CD#56D5CD

#56D5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.112 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5CD
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 205)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -36.67, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 37.25, 190.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.1106 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.112 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6466, 53.9707, 66.1264)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5CD #D5565E

analogous

#56D58D #56D5CD #569DD5

triadic

#56D5CD #CD56D5 #D5CD56

tetradic

#56D5CD #8D56D5 #D5565E #9DD556

square

#56D5CD #8D56D5 #D5565E #9DD556

split-complementary

#56D5CD #D5569D #D58D56

monochromatic

#238D87 #2FBEB5 #56D5CD #87E1DC #B8EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#56D5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#56D5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5CD

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5CD	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.112 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2dc',
    500: '#56d5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5cd;
$custom-light: #93e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.22,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80059,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5CD

secondary

#933C41

accent

#444EE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5CD

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

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