#56DADD#56DADD

#56DADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.114 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DADD
RGB	rgb(86, 218, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -34.68, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 36.77, 199.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.1089 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.114 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9546, 57.3372, 77.2487)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DADD #DD5956

analogous

#56DD9C #56DADD #5697DD

triadic

#56DADD #DD56DA #DADD56

tetradic

#56DADD #9C56DD #DD5956 #97DD56

square

#56DADD #9C56DD #DD5956 #97DD56

split-complementary

#56DADD #DD5697 #DD9C56

monochromatic

#1F979A #29C9CD #56DADD #89E5E7 #BCF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#56DADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#56DADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DADD

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DADD	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 218, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.114 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6e7',
    500: '#56dadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dadd;
$custom-light: #95e6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8177,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DADD

secondary

#9E3C3A

accent

#1B17CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DADD

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

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