#56CDE4#56CDE4

#56CDE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.110 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDE4
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -26.45, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 33.97, 218.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0928 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.11 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6669, 51.2383, 81.1832)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDE4 #E46D56

analogous

#56E4B4 #56CDE4 #5686E4

triadic

#56CDE4 #E456CD #CDE456

tetradic

#56CDE4 #B456E4 #E46D56 #86E456

square

#56CDE4 #B456E4 #E46D56 #86E456

split-complementary

#56CDE4 #E45686 #E4B456

monochromatic

#1A8FA5 #23BCDA #56CDE4 #8BDDEC #C0ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#56CDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#56CDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDE4

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDE4	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.110 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcec',
    500: '#56cde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cde4;
$custom-light: #94dcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.718,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78985,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDE4

secondary

#A74937

accent

#3111D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDE4

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

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