#56D8CE#56D8CE

#56D8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.114 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8CE
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -37.78, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 38.22, 188.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.1133 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.114 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5292, 55.5423, 67.0181)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8CE #D85660

analogous

#56D88D #56D8CE #56A1D8

triadic

#56D8CE #CE56D8 #D8CE56

tetradic

#56D8CE #8D56D8 #D85660 #A1D856

square

#56D8CE #8D56D8 #D85660 #A1D856

split-complementary

#56D8CE #D856A1 #D88D56

monochromatic

#229289 #2DC4B8 #56D8CE #88E3DC #B9EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#56D8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#56D8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8CE

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8CE	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.114 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4dc',
    500: '#56d8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8ce;
$custom-light: #93e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80804,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8CE

secondary

#973B42

accent

#424FE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8CE

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

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