#56D9CA#56D9CA

#56D9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.116 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9CA
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 202)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -39.28, -3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 39.42, 184.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.116 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.116 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3065, 55.8643, 64.5771)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9CA #D95665

analogous

#56D989 #56D9CA #56A7D9

triadic

#56D9CA #CA56D9 #D9CA56

tetradic

#56D9CA #8956D9 #D95665 #A7D956

square

#56D9CA #8956D9 #D95665 #A7D956

split-complementary

#56D9CA #D956A7 #D98956

monochromatic

#219386 #2CC5B4 #56D9CA #88E4DA #BAEFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#56D9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#56D9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9CA

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9CA	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.116 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5da',
    500: '#56d9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9ca;
$custom-light: #93e5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.13,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80917,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9CA

secondary

#983B46

accent

#4154E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9CA

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

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