#56DCDF#56DCDF

#56DCDF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.115 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DCDF
RGB	rgb(86, 220, 223)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -35.07, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 37.17, 199.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.1102 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.115 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7444, 58.4880, 78.8343)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DCDF #DF5956

analogous

#56DF9D #56DCDF #5697DF

triadic

#56DCDF #DF56DC #DCDF56

tetradic

#56DCDF #9D56DF #DF5956 #97DF56

square

#56DCDF #9D56DF #DF5956 #97DF56

split-complementary

#56DCDF #DF5697 #DF9D56

monochromatic

#1E9A9D #27CDD0 #56DCDF #89E7E9 #BDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#56DCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#56DCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DCDF

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DCDF	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 220, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.115 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7e9',
    500: '#56dcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dcdf;
$custom-light: #95e7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82308,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DCDF

secondary

#A03B39

accent

#1915D0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DCDF

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

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