#56D6DB#56D6DB

#56D6DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.112 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6DB
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -33.35, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 35.79, 201.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.1057 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.112 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6650, 55.1817, 75.5121)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6DB #DB5B56

analogous

#56DB9E #56D6DB #5693DB

triadic

#56D6DB #DB56D6 #D6DB56

tetradic

#56D6DB #9E56DB #DB5B56 #93DB56

square

#56D6DB #9E56DB #DB5B56 #93DB56

split-complementary

#56D6DB #DB5693 #DB9E56

monochromatic

#209297 #2BC3C9 #56D6DB #88E2E6 #BBEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#56D6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6DB

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6DB	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.112 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3e6',
    500: '#56d6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6db;
$custom-light: #94e3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.256,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80762,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6DB

secondary

#9B3E3A

accent

#4640E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6DB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →