#56DCE5#56DCE5

#56DCE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.116 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DCE5
RGB	rgb(86, 220, 229)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -33.41, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 36.73, 204.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.1077 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.116 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5677, 58.8173, 83.1703)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DCE5 #E55F56

analogous

#56E5A7 #56DCE5 #5695E5

triadic

#56DCE5 #E556DC #DCE556

tetradic

#56DCE5 #A756E5 #E55F56 #95E556

square

#56DCE5 #A756E5 #E55F56 #95E556

split-complementary

#56DCE5 #E55695 #E5A756

monochromatic

#1A9EA7 #22D0DC #56DCE5 #8BE7ED #C0F2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#56DCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#56DCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DCE5

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DCE5	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 220, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.116 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7ed',
    500: '#56dce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dce5;
$custom-light: #95e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.776,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82515,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DCE5

secondary

#A93E36

accent

#1C10D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DCE5

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

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