#56D8CC#56D8CC

#56D8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.115 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8CC
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 5.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -38.31, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 38.60, 187.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.1141 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.115 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2878, 55.4457, 65.7466)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8CC #D85662

analogous

#56D88B #56D8CC #56A3D8

triadic

#56D8CC #CC56D8 #D8CC56

tetradic

#56D8CC #8B56D8 #D85662 #A3D856

square

#56D8CC #8B56D8 #D85662 #A3D856

split-complementary

#56D8CC #D856A3 #D88B56

monochromatic

#229288 #2DC4B6 #56D8CC #88E3DB #B9EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#56D8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8CC

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8CC	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.115 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4db',
    500: '#56d8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8cc;
$custom-light: #93e4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.462,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80741,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8CC

secondary

#973B44

accent

#4251E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8CC

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

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