#56D9CE#56D9CE

#56D9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.115 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9CE
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -38.24, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 38.61, 187.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.1143 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.115 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7862, 56.0562, 67.1037)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9CE #D95661

analogous

#56D98D #56D9CE #56A3D9

triadic

#56D9CE #CE56D9 #D9CE56

tetradic

#56D9CE #8D56D9 #D95661 #A3D956

square

#56D9CE #8D56D9 #D95661 #A3D956

split-complementary

#56D9CE #D956A3 #D98D56

monochromatic

#21938A #2CC5B9 #56D9CE #88E4DC #BAEFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#56D9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9CE

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9CE	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.115 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5dc',
    500: '#56d9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9ce;
$custom-light: #93e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.962,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81041,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9CE

secondary

#983B43

accent

#414FE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9CE

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

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