#56D8DC#56D8DC

#56D8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.113 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8DC
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -34.02, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 36.28, 200.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1073 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.113 198)
XYZ	xyz(41.3063, 56.2531, 76.3773)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8DC #DC5A56

analogous

#56DC9D #56D8DC #5695DC

triadic

#56D8DC #DC56D8 #D8DC56

tetradic

#56D8DC #9D56DC #DC5A56 #95DC56

square

#56D8DC #9D56DC #DC5A56 #95DC56

split-complementary

#56D8DC #DC5695 #DC9D56

monochromatic

#209498 #2AC6CB #56D8DC #89E4E6 #BBEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#56D8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#56D8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8DC

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8DC	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.113 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4e6',
    500: '#56d8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8dc;
$custom-light: #94e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.791,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81266,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.56257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8DC

secondary

#9C3D3A

accent

#443FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8DC

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

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