#56D3E4#56D3E4

#56D3E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.112 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3E4
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 7.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -29.39, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 34.82, 212.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0989 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.112 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1297, 54.1640, 81.6709)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3E4 #E46756

analogous

#56E4AE #56D3E4 #568CE4

triadic

#56D3E4 #E456D3 #D3E456

tetradic

#56D3E4 #AE56E4 #E46756 #8CE456

square

#56D3E4 #AE56E4 #E46756 #8CE456

split-complementary

#56D3E4 #E4568C #E4AE56

monochromatic

#1A95A5 #23C4DA #56D3E4 #8BE1EC #C0EEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#56D3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#56D3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3E4

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3E4	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.112 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1ec',
    500: '#56d3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3e4;
$custom-light: #94e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.183,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8038,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3E4

secondary

#A74437

accent

#2811D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3E4

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

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