#56D8CA#56D8CA

#56D8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.116 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8CA
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -38.83, -3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 39.01, 185.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.115 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.116 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0495, 55.3504, 64.4914)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8CA #D85664

analogous

#56D889 #56D8CA #56A5D8

triadic

#56D8CA #CA56D8 #D8CA56

tetradic

#56D8CA #8956D8 #D85664 #A5D856

square

#56D8CA #8956D8 #D85664 #A5D856

split-complementary

#56D8CA #D856A5 #D88956

monochromatic

#229286 #2DC4B3 #56D8CA #88E3DA #B9EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#56D8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8CA

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8CA	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.116 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4da',
    500: '#56d8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8ca;
$custom-light: #93e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.538,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80678,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8CA

secondary

#973B45

accent

#4254E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8CA

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

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