#56D8CF#56D8CF

#56D8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.114 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8CF
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 207)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -37.52, -6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 38.03, 189.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.1128 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.114 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6511, 55.5910, 67.6599)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8CF #D8565F

analogous

#56D88E #56D8CF #56A0D8

triadic

#56D8CF #CF56D8 #D8CF56

tetradic

#56D8CF #8E56D8 #D8565F #A0D856

square

#56D8CF #8E56D8 #D8565F #A0D856

split-complementary

#56D8CF #D856A0 #D88E56

monochromatic

#22928A #2DC4B9 #56D8CF #88E3DD #B9EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#56D8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#56D8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8CF

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8CF	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.114 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4dd',
    500: '#56d8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8cf;
$custom-light: #93e4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.846,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80836,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8CF

secondary

#973B41

accent

#424EE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8CF

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

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