#56D8CD#56D8CD

#56D8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.115 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8CD
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -38.05, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 38.40, 187.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.1137 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.115 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4081, 55.4938, 66.3803)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8CD #D85661

analogous

#56D88C #56D8CD #56A2D8

triadic

#56D8CD #CD56D8 #D8CD56

tetradic

#56D8CD #8C56D8 #D85661 #A2D856

square

#56D8CD #8C56D8 #D85661 #A2D856

split-complementary

#56D8CD #D856A2 #D88C56

monochromatic

#229288 #2DC4B7 #56D8CD #88E3DC #B9EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#56D8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8CD

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8CD	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.115 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4dc',
    500: '#56d8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8cd;
$custom-light: #93e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.923,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80772,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8CD

secondary

#973B43

accent

#4250E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8CD

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

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