#56D9CD#56D9CD

#56D9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.116 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9CD
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -38.50, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 38.80, 187.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1147 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.116 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6651, 56.0078, 66.4660)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9CD #D95662

analogous

#56D98C #56D9CD #56A4D9

triadic

#56D9CD #CD56D9 #D9CD56

tetradic

#56D9CD #8C56D9 #D95662 #A4D956

square

#56D9CD #8C56D9 #D95662 #A4D956

split-complementary

#56D9CD #D956A4 #D98C56

monochromatic

#219389 #2CC5B7 #56D9CD #88E4DC #BAEFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#56D9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9CD

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9CD	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.116 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5dc',
    500: '#56d9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9cd;
$custom-light: #93e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.504,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8101,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9CD

secondary

#983B43

accent

#4151E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9CD

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

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