#56DADC#56DADC

#56DADC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.114 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DADC
RGB	rgb(86, 218, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -34.96, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 36.87, 198.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.1094 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.114 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8218, 57.2841, 76.5491)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DADC #DC5856

analogous

#56DC9B #56DADC #5697DC

triadic

#56DADC #DC56DA #DADC56

tetradic

#56DADC #9B56DC #DC5856 #97DC56

square

#56DADC #9B56DC #DC5856 #97DC56

split-complementary

#56DADC #DC5697 #DC9B56

monochromatic

#209698 #2AC8CB #56DADC #89E5E6 #BBF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#56DADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#56DADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DADC

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DADC	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 218, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.114 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6e6',
    500: '#56dadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dadc;
$custom-light: #94e6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81736,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DADC

secondary

#9C3B3A

accent

#423FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DADC

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

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