#56D9CF#56D9CF

#56D9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.115 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9CF
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 207)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -37.98, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 38.42, 188.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.1139 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.115 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9081, 56.1049, 67.7455)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9CF #D95660

analogous

#56D98E #56D9CF #56A2D9

triadic

#56D9CF #CF56D9 #D9CF56

tetradic

#56D9CF #8E56D9 #D95660 #A2D956

square

#56D9CF #8E56D9 #D95660 #A2D956

split-complementary

#56D9CF #D956A2 #D98E56

monochromatic

#21938B #2CC5BA #56D9CF #88E4DD #BAEFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#56D9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9CF

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9CF	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.115 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5dd',
    500: '#56d9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9cf;
$custom-light: #93e5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.42,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81073,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9CF

secondary

#983B42

accent

#414EE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9CF

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

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