#56CED8#56CED8

#56CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.107 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CED8
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -30.37, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 33.88, 206.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0987 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.107 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2985, 51.0749, 72.7925)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CED8 #D86056

analogous

#56D8A1 #56CED8 #568DD8

triadic

#56CED8 #D856CE #CED856

tetradic

#56CED8 #A156D8 #D86056 #8DD856

square

#56CED8 #A156D8 #D86056 #8DD856

split-complementary

#56CED8 #D8568D #D8A156

monochromatic

#228992 #2DB8C4 #56CED8 #88DCE3 #B9EBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#56CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#56CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CED8

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CED8	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.107 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde4',
    500: '#56ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ced8;
$custom-light: #93dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78776,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CED8

secondary

#97423B

accent

#4F42E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CED8

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

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