#56D8DD#56D8DD

#56D8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8DD
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -33.74, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 36.19, 201.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.1069 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.113 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4391, 56.3062, 77.0769)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8DD #DD5B56

analogous

#56DD9E #56D8DD #5695DD

triadic

#56D8DD #DD56D8 #D8DD56

tetradic

#56D8DD #9E56DD #DD5B56 #95DD56

square

#56D8DD #9E56DD #DD5B56 #95DD56

split-complementary

#56D8DD #DD5695 #DD9E56

monochromatic

#1F959A #29C7CD #56D8DD #89E4E7 #BCF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#56D8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#56D8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8DD

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8DD	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.113 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4e7',
    500: '#56d8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8dd;
$custom-light: #94e4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.813,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8DD

secondary

#9E3D3A

accent

#1E17CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8DD

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

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