#56D9CC#56D9CC

#56D9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.116 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9CC
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -38.76, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 39.00, 186.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.1152 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.116 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5448, 55.9596, 65.8323)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9CC #D95663

analogous

#56D98B #56D9CC #56A5D9

triadic

#56D9CC #CC56D9 #D9CC56

tetradic

#56D9CC #8B56D9 #D95663 #A5D956

square

#56D9CC #8B56D9 #D95663 #A5D956

split-complementary

#56D9CC #D956A5 #D98B56

monochromatic

#219388 #2CC5B6 #56D9CC #88E4DB #BAEFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#56D9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9CC

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9CC	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.116 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5db',
    500: '#56d9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9cc;
$custom-light: #93e5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.046,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80979,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9CC

secondary

#983B44

accent

#4152E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9CC

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

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