#56D3E0#56D3E0

#56D3E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.111 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3E0
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 224)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -30.52, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 34.81, 208.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.1006 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.111 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5809, 53.9445, 78.7802)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3E0 #E06356

analogous

#56E0A8 #56D3E0 #568EE0

triadic

#56D3E0 #E056D3 #D3E056

tetradic

#56D3E0 #A856E0 #E06356 #8EE056

square

#56D3E0 #A856E0 #E06356 #8EE056

split-complementary

#56D3E0 #E0568E #E0A856

monochromatic

#1D929F #27C2D2 #56D3E0 #8AE0E9 #BDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#56D3E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#56D3E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3E0

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3E0	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.111 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1e9',
    500: '#56d3e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3e0;
$custom-light: #94e1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.652,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80235,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3E0

secondary

#A24238

accent

#2615D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3E0

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

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