#56CBDD#56CBDD

#56CBDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.107 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBDD
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -27.49, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 33.29, 214.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0935 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.107 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2394, 49.9068, 76.0103)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBDD #DD6856

analogous

#56DDAB #56CBDD #5687DD

triadic

#56CBDD #DD56CB #CBDD56

tetradic

#56CBDD #AB56DD #DD6856 #87DD56

square

#56CBDD #AB56DD #DD6856 #87DD56

split-complementary

#56CBDD #DD5687 #DDAB56

monochromatic

#1F899A #29B7CD #56CBDD #89DBE7 #BCEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#56CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#56CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBDD

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBDD	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.107 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbe7',
    500: '#56cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbdd;
$custom-light: #93dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78256,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBDD

secondary

#E1B4AE

accent

#3017CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBDD

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

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