#56D9DB#56D9DB

#56D9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.113 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9DB
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -34.76, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 36.67, 198.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.1088 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.113 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4312, 56.7142, 75.7676)
Luminance	0.5672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9DB #DB5856

analogous

#56DB9A #56D9DB #5697DB

triadic

#56D9DB #DB56D9 #D9DB56

tetradic

#56D9DB #9A56DB #DB5856 #97DB56

square

#56D9DB #9A56DB #DB5856 #97DB56

split-complementary

#56D9DB #DB5697 #DB9A56

monochromatic

#209597 #2BC7C9 #56D9DB #88E4E6 #BBF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#56D9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#56D9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9DB

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9DB	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.113 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5e6',
    500: '#56d9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9db;
$custom-light: #94e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81467,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9DB

secondary

#9B3C3A

accent

#4240E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9DB

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

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