#56CBDE#56CBDE

#56CBDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.107 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBDE
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -27.20, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 33.33, 215.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0931 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.107 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3730, 49.9602, 76.7141)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBDE #DE6956

analogous

#56DEAD #56CBDE #5687DE

triadic

#56CBDE #DE56CB #CBDE56

tetradic

#56CBDE #AD56DE #DE6956 #87DE56

square

#56CBDE #AD56DE #DE6956 #87DE56

split-complementary

#56CBDE #DE5687 #DEAD56

monochromatic

#1E8A9B #28B7CE #56CBDE #89DBE8 #BCEBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#56CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#56CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBDE

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBDE	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.107 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbe8',
    500: '#56cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbde;
$custom-light: #93dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.382,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78293,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBDE

secondary

#E2B5AE

accent

#3016CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBDE

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

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