#56D5CE#56D5CE

#56D5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.112 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5CE
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -36.40, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 37.08, 190.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1102 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.112 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7677, 54.0191, 66.7642)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5CE #D5565D

analogous

#56D58E #56D5CE #569CD5

triadic

#56D5CE #CE56D5 #D5CE56

tetradic

#56D5CE #8E56D5 #D5565D #9CD556

square

#56D5CE #8E56D5 #D5565D #9CD556

split-complementary

#56D5CE #D5569C #D58E56

monochromatic

#238D88 #2FBEB7 #56D5CE #87E1DC #B8EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#56D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#56D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5CE

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5CE	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)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.112 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2dc',
    500: '#56d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5ce;
$custom-light: #93e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.693,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80091,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5CE

secondary

#933C41

accent

#444DE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5CE

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

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