#56CBDF#56CBDF

#56CBDF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.108 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBDF
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -26.91, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 33.39, 216.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0927 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.108 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5075, 50.0140, 77.4220)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBDF #DF6A56

analogous

#56DFAE #56CBDF #5686DF

triadic

#56CBDF #DF56CB #CBDF56

tetradic

#56CBDF #AE56DF #DF6A56 #86DF56

square

#56CBDF #AE56DF #DF6A56 #86DF56

split-complementary

#56CBDF #DF5686 #DFAE56

monochromatic

#1E8A9D #27B8D0 #56CBDF #89DBE9 #BDEBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#56CBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#56CBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBDF

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBDF	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.108 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbe9',
    500: '#56cbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbdf;
$custom-light: #93dbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.759,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7833,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBDF

secondary

#A04839

accent

#3115D0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFC

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBDF

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

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