#56CBE1#56CBE1

#56CBE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.108 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBE1
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -26.33, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 33.51, 218.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0919 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.108 212)
XYZ	xyz(38.7787, 50.1225, 78.8505)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBE1 #E16C56

analogous

#56E1B1 #56CBE1 #5685E1

triadic

#56CBE1 #E156CB #CBE156

tetradic

#56CBE1 #B156E1 #E16C56 #85E156

square

#56CBE1 #B156E1 #E16C56 #85E156

split-complementary

#56CBE1 #E15685 #E1B156

monochromatic

#1C8BA0 #26B9D4 #56CBE1 #8ADBEA #BEEBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#56CBE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#56CBE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBE1

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBE1	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.108 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbea',
    500: '#56cbe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbe1;
$custom-light: #94dbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.496,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78406,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.50127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBE1

secondary

#A34938

accent

#3214D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBE1

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

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