#56D5DB#56D5DB

#56D5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.111 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5DB
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 219)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -32.88, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 35.51, 202.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.1047 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.111 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4127, 54.6771, 75.4280)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5DB #DB5C56

analogous

#56DB9F #56D5DB #5692DB

triadic

#56D5DB #DB56D5 #D5DB56

tetradic

#56D5DB #9F56DB #DB5C56 #92DB56

square

#56D5DB #9F56DB #DB5C56 #92DB56

split-complementary

#56D5DB #DB5692 #DB9F56

monochromatic

#209197 #2BC2C9 #56D5DB #88E2E6 #BBEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#56D5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#56D5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5DB

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5DB	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.111 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2e6',
    500: '#56d5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5db;
$custom-light: #94e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.707,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80527,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5DB

secondary

#9B3F3A

accent

#4840E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5DB

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

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