#56D9DD#56D9DD

#56D9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.113 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9DD
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -34.21, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 36.48, 200.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.1079 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.113 198)
XYZ	xyz(41.6961, 56.8202, 77.1625)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9DD #DD5A56

analogous

#56DD9E #56D9DD #5695DD

triadic

#56D9DD #DD56D9 #D9DD56

tetradic

#56D9DD #9E56DD #DD5A56 #95DD56

square

#56D9DD #9E56DD #DD5A56 #95DD56

split-complementary

#56D9DD #DD5695 #DD9E56

monochromatic

#1F969A #29C8CD #56D9DD #89E4E7 #BCF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#56D9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#56D9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9DD

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9DD	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.113 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5e7',
    500: '#56d9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9dd;
$custom-light: #94e5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81535,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.56825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9DD

secondary

#9E3C3A

accent

#1D17CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9DD

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

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