#56DECE#56DECE

#56DECE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.120 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DECE
RGB	rgb(86, 222, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 7.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -40.50, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 40.62, 184.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.1195 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.12 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0945, 58.6729, 67.5398)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DECE #DE5666

analogous

#56DE8A #56DECE #56AADE

triadic

#56DECE #CE56DE #DECE56

tetradic

#56DECE #8A56DE #DE5666 #AADE56

square

#56DECE #8A56DE #DE5666 #AADE56

split-complementary

#56DECE #DE56AA #DE8A56

monochromatic

#1E9B8D #28CEBB #56DECE #89E8DD #BCF2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#56DECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#56DECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DECE

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DECE	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 222, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.120 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e9dc',
    500: '#56dece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dece;
$custom-light: #94e9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82231,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DECE

secondary

#9F3945

accent

#162CCF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DECE

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

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