#56DCC9#56DCC9

#56DCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.120 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DCC9
RGB	rgb(86, 220, 201)
HSL	hsl(171, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 8.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -40.88, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 40.91, 182.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.1196 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.12 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9687, 57.3777, 64.2156)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DCC9 #DC5669

analogous

#56DC86 #56DCC9 #56ACDC

triadic

#56DCC9 #C956DC #DCC956

tetradic

#56DCC9 #8656DC #DC5669 #ACDC56

square

#56DCC9 #8656DC #DC5669 #ACDC56

split-complementary

#56DCC9 #DC56AC #DC8656

monochromatic

#209887 #2ACBB4 #56DCC9 #89E6D9 #BBF1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#56DCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#56DCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DCC9

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DCC9	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 220, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.120 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7d9',
    500: '#56dcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dcc9;
$custom-light: #93e7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.493,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81602,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DCC9

secondary

#9C3A48

accent

#3F57E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DCC9

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

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