#56D5DE#56D5DE

#56D5DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.111 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5DE
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -32.04, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 35.33, 204.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.1034 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.111 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8112, 54.8365, 77.5268)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5DE #DE5F56

analogous

#56DEA3 #56D5DE #5691DE

triadic

#56D5DE #DE56D5 #D5DE56

tetradic

#56D5DE #A356DE #DE5F56 #91DE56

square

#56D5DE #A356DE #DE5F56 #91DE56

split-complementary

#56D5DE #DE5691 #DEA356

monochromatic

#1E939B #28C3CE #56D5DE #89E2E8 #BCEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#56D5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#56D5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5DE

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5DE	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.111 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2e8',
    500: '#56d5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5de;
$custom-light: #94e2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.971,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80631,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5DE

secondary

#9F4039

accent

#2316CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5DE

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

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