#56D9DE#56D9DE

#56D9DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.114 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9DE
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -33.94, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 36.40, 201.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.1075 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.114 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8297, 56.8736, 77.8663)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9DE #DE5B56

analogous

#56DE9F #56D9DE #5695DE

triadic

#56D9DE #DE56D9 #D9DE56

tetradic

#56D9DE #9F56DE #DE5B56 #95DE56

square

#56D9DE #9F56DE #DE5B56 #95DE56

split-complementary

#56D9DE #DE5695 #DE9F56

monochromatic

#1E979B #28C8CE #56D9DE #89E5E8 #BCF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#56D9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#56D9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9DE

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9DE	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.114 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5e8',
    500: '#56d9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9de;
$custom-light: #95e5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.206,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8157,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9DE

secondary

#9F3D39

accent

#1D16CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9DE

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

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