#56D2E8#56D2E8

#56D2E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.113 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D2E8
RGB	rgb(86, 210, 232)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -27.75, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 34.84, 217.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0963 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.113 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4438, 53.8934, 84.5466)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D2E8 #E86C56

analogous

#56E8B5 #56D2E8 #5689E8

triadic

#56D2E8 #E856D2 #D2E856

tetradic

#56D2E8 #B556E8 #E86C56 #89E856

square

#56D2E8 #B556E8 #E86C56 #89E856

split-complementary

#56D2E8 #E85689 #E8B556

monochromatic

#1796AC #20C4E1 #56D2E8 #8CE0EF #C2EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#56D2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#56D2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D2E8

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D2E8	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 210, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.113 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0ef',
    500: '#56d2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d2e8;
$custom-light: #95e0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.041,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80297,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D2E8

secondary

#AD4735

accent

#2C0DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D2E8

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

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