#56CEE5#56CEE5

#56CEE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.111 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEE5
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 10%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -26.65, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 34.16, 218.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0934 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.111 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0461, 51.7740, 81.9964)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEE5 #E56D56

analogous

#56E5B4 #56CEE5 #5687E5

triadic

#56CEE5 #E556CE #CEE556

tetradic

#56CEE5 #B456E5 #E56D56 #87E556

square

#56CEE5 #B456E5 #E56D56 #87E556

split-complementary

#56CEE5 #E55687 #E5B456

monochromatic

#1A90A7 #22BEDC #56CEE5 #8BDDED #C0EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#56CEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#56CEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEE5

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEE5	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.111 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dded',
    500: '#56cee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cee5;
$custom-light: #94dded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.65,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79255,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEE5

secondary

#A94936

accent

#3010D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEE5

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

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