#56DEC5#56DEC5

#56DEC5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.123 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DEC5
RGB	rgb(86, 222, 197)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 11.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -42.78, 1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 42.80, 178.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.1234 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.123 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0324, 58.2480, 61.9457)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DEC5 #DE566F

analogous

#56DE81 #56DEC5 #56B3DE

triadic

#56DEC5 #C556DE #DEC556

tetradic

#56DEC5 #8156DE #DE566F #B3DE56

square

#56DEC5 #8156DE #DE566F #B3DE56

split-complementary

#56DEC5 #DE56B3 #DE8156

monochromatic

#1E9B84 #28CEB0 #56DEC5 #89E8D7 #BCF2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#56DEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#56DEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DEC5

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DEC5	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 222, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.123 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e9d6',
    500: '#56dec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dec5;
$custom-light: #93e9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.971,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81962,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DEC5

secondary

#9F394C

accent

#1638CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DEC5

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

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