#56DCD4#56DCD4

#56DCD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.116 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DCD4
RGB	rgb(86, 220, 212)
HSL	hsl(176, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -38.03, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 38.66, 190.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.1148 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.116 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3093, 57.9139, 71.2760)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DCD4 #DC565E

analogous

#56DC91 #56DCD4 #56A1DC

triadic

#56DCD4 #D456DC #DCD456

tetradic

#56DCD4 #9156DC #DC565E #A1DC56

square

#56DCD4 #9156DC #DC565E #A1DC56

split-complementary

#56DCD4 #DC56A1 #DC9156

monochromatic

#209891 #2ACBC1 #56DCD4 #89E6E1 #BBF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#56DCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#56DCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DCD4

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DCD4	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 220, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.116 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e1',
    500: '#56dcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dcd4;
$custom-light: #94e7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.418,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81944,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DCD4

secondary

#9C3A40

accent

#3F49E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DCD4

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

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