#56CEE4#56CEE4

#56CEE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.110 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEE4
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 228)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -26.94, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 34.08, 217.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0938 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.11 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9069, 51.7183, 81.2632)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEE4 #E46C56

analogous

#56E4B3 #56CEE4 #5687E4

triadic

#56CEE4 #E456CE #CEE456

tetradic

#56CEE4 #B356E4 #E46C56 #87E456

square

#56CEE4 #B356E4 #E46C56 #87E456

split-complementary

#56CEE4 #E45687 #E4B356

monochromatic

#1A90A5 #23BEDA #56CEE4 #8BDDEC #C0EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#56CEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#56CEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEE4

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEE4	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.110 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddec',
    500: '#56cee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cee4;
$custom-light: #94ddec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.296,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79217,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEE4

secondary

#A74837

accent

#2F11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEE4

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

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