#56D8CB#56D8CB

#56D8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.115 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8CB
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 203)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -38.57, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 38.80, 186.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.1146 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.115 186)
XYZ	xyz(39.1683, 55.3979, 65.1170)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8CB #D85663

analogous

#56D88A #56D8CB #56A4D8

triadic

#56D8CB #CB56D8 #D8CB56

tetradic

#56D8CB #8A56D8 #D85663 #A4D856

square

#56D8CB #8A56D8 #D85663 #A4D856

split-complementary

#56D8CB #D856A4 #D88A56

monochromatic

#229287 #2DC4B5 #56D8CB #88E3DA #B9EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#56D8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8CB

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8CB	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.115 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4da',
    500: '#56d8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8cb;
$custom-light: #93e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80709,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.55402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8CB

secondary

#973B44

accent

#4253E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8CB

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

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