#56DDE6#56DDE6

#56DDE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.116 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DDE6
RGB	rgb(86, 221, 230)
HSL	hsl(184, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -33.60, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 36.92, 204.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.1083 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.116 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9710, 59.3998, 83.9955)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DDE6 #E65F56

analogous

#56E6A7 #56DDE6 #5695E6

triadic

#56DDE6 #E656DD #DDE656

tetradic

#56DDE6 #A756E6 #E65F56 #95E656

square

#56DDE6 #A756E6 #E65F56 #95E656

split-complementary

#56DDE6 #E65695 #E6A756

monochromatic

#19A0A9 #21D2DE #56DDE6 #8BE8EE #C1F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#56DDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#56DDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DDE6

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DDE6	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 221, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.116 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8ed',
    500: '#56dde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dde6;
$custom-light: #96e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82783,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DDE6

secondary

#AA3D36

accent

#1C0FD6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DDE6

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

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