#56DCDE#56DCDE

#56DCDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.115 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DCDE
RGB	rgb(86, 220, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -35.34, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 37.27, 198.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.1106 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.115 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6100, 58.4342, 78.1264)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DCDE #DE5856

analogous

#56DE9C #56DCDE #5698DE

triadic

#56DCDE #DE56DC #DCDE56

tetradic

#56DCDE #9C56DE #DE5856 #98DE56

square

#56DCDE #9C56DE #DE5856 #98DE56

split-complementary

#56DCDE #DE5698 #DE9C56

monochromatic

#1E999B #28CCCE #56DCDE #89E7E8 #BCF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#56DCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#56DCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DCDE

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DCDE	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 220, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.115 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7e8',
    500: '#56dcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dcde;
$custom-light: #95e7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82274,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DCDE

secondary

#9F3B39

accent

#1916CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DCDE

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

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