#56D5DF#56D5DF

#56D5DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5DF
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 223)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -31.76, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 35.29, 205.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.103 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9456, 54.8903, 78.2347)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5DF #DF6056

analogous

#56DFA5 #56D5DF #5690DF

triadic

#56D5DF #DF56D5 #D5DF56

tetradic

#56D5DF #A556DF #DF6056 #90DF56

square

#56D5DF #A556DF #DF6056 #90DF56

split-complementary

#56D5DF #DF5690 #DFA556

monochromatic

#1E949D #27C4D0 #56D5DF #89E2E9 #BDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#56D5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#56D5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5DF

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5DF	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2e9',
    500: '#56d5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5df;
$custom-light: #94e2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.38,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80667,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5DF

secondary

#A04039

accent

#2315D0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5DF

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

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