#56D5DD#56D5DD

#56D5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.111 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5DD
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -32.32, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 35.39, 204.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.1038 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.111 201)
XYZ	xyz(40.6776, 54.7831, 76.8230)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5DD #DD5E56

analogous

#56DDA2 #56D5DD #5691DD

triadic

#56D5DD #DD56D5 #D5DD56

tetradic

#56D5DD #A256DD #DD5E56 #91DD56

square

#56D5DD #A256DD #DD5E56 #91DD56

split-complementary

#56D5DD #DD5691 #DDA256

monochromatic

#1F929A #29C3CD #56D5DD #89E2E7 #BCEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#56D5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#56D5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5DD

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5DD	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.111 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2e7',
    500: '#56d5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5dd;
$custom-light: #94e2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80596,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.54787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5DD

secondary

#9E3F3A

accent

#2217CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5DD

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

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