#56CFE5#56CFE5

#56CFE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.111 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CFE5
RGB	rgb(86, 207, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -27.14, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 34.27, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0945 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.111 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2876, 52.2570, 82.0769)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CFE5 #E56C56

analogous

#56E5B4 #56CFE5 #5688E5

triadic

#56CFE5 #E556CF #CFE556

tetradic

#56CFE5 #B456E5 #E56C56 #88E556

square

#56CFE5 #B456E5 #E56C56 #88E556

split-complementary

#56CFE5 #E55688 #E5B456

monochromatic

#1A91A7 #22BFDC #56CFE5 #8BDEED #C0EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#56CFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#56CFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CFE5

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CFE5	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 207, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.111 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94deed',
    500: '#56cfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cfe5;
$custom-light: #94deed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79487,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CFE5

secondary

#A94836

accent

#2E10D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CFE5

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

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