#56D6DD#56D6DD

#56D6DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6DD
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 221)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -32.80, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 35.65, 203.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.1049 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9299, 55.2877, 76.9071)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6DD #DD5D56

analogous

#56DDA0 #56D6DD #5693DD

triadic

#56D6DD #DD56D6 #D6DD56

tetradic

#56D6DD #A056DD #DD5D56 #93DD56

square

#56D6DD #A056DD #DD5D56 #93DD56

split-complementary

#56D6DD #DD5693 #DDA056

monochromatic

#1F939A #29C4CD #56D6DD #89E2E7 #BCEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#56D6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6DD

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6DD	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3e7',
    500: '#56d6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6dd;
$custom-light: #94e3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80831,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6DD

secondary

#9E3F3A

accent

#2117CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6DD

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

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