#56D6DC#56D6DC

#56D6DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.112 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6DC
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -33.08, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 35.72, 202.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.1053 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.112 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7970, 55.2346, 76.2076)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6DC #DC5C56

analogous

#56DC9F #56D6DC #5693DC

triadic

#56D6DC #DC56D6 #D6DC56

tetradic

#56D6DC #9F56DC #DC5C56 #93DC56

square

#56D6DC #9F56DC #DC5C56 #93DC56

split-complementary

#56D6DC #DC5693 #DC9F56

monochromatic

#209398 #2AC4CB #56D6DC #89E2E6 #BBEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#56D6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6DC

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6DC	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.112 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3e6',
    500: '#56d6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6dc;
$custom-light: #94e3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80796,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6DC

secondary

#9C3E3A

accent

#473FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6DC

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

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