#56C8DB#56C8DB

#56C8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.105 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8DB
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -26.59, -19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 32.75, 215.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0912 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.105 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2729, 48.3976, 74.3815)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8DB #DB6956

analogous

#56DBAB #56C8DB #5686DB

triadic

#56C8DB #DB56C8 #C8DB56

tetradic

#56C8DB #AB56DB #DB6956 #86DB56

square

#56C8DB #AB56DB #DB6956 #86DB56

split-complementary

#56C8DB #DB5686 #DBAB56

monochromatic

#208697 #2BB2C9 #56C8DB #88D8E6 #BBE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#56C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#56C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8DB

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8DB	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.105 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9e6',
    500: '#56c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8db;
$custom-light: #93d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7748,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8DB

secondary

#E0B4AD

accent

#5840E8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8DB

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

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