#56D5DC#56D5DC

#56D5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.111 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5DC
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -32.60, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 35.45, 203.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.1042 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.111 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5447, 54.7299, 76.1235)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5DC #DC5D56

analogous

#56DCA0 #56D5DC #5692DC

triadic

#56D5DC #DC56D5 #D5DC56

tetradic

#56D5DC #A056DC #DC5D56 #92DC56

square

#56D5DC #A056DC #DC5D56 #92DC56

split-complementary

#56D5DC #DC5692 #DCA056

monochromatic

#209298 #2AC2CB #56D5DC #89E2E6 #BBEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#56D5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#56D5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5DC

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5DC	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.111 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2e6',
    500: '#56d5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5dc;
$custom-light: #94e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.134,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80561,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5DC

secondary

#9C3F3A

accent

#483FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5DC

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

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