#56D1E4#56D1E4

#56D1E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.111 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D1E4
RGB	rgb(86, 209, 228)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -28.41, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 34.50, 214.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0969 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.111 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6360, 53.1765, 81.5063)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D1E4 #E46956

analogous

#56E4B0 #56D1E4 #568AE4

triadic

#56D1E4 #E456D1 #D1E456

tetradic

#56D1E4 #B056E4 #E46956 #8AE456

square

#56D1E4 #B056E4 #E46956 #8AE456

split-complementary

#56D1E4 #E4568A #E4B056

monochromatic

#1A93A5 #23C1DA #56D1E4 #8BDFEC #C0EEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#56D1E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#56D1E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D1E4

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D1E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D1E4	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d1e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 209, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.111 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dfec',
    500: '#56d1e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d1e4;
$custom-light: #94dfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d1e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79915,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D1E4

secondary

#A74637

accent

#2B11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D1E4

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

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