#56D3E5#56D3E5

#56D3E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.112 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3E5
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -29.10, -19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 34.85, 213.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0985 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.112 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2689, 54.2197, 82.4041)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3E5 #E56856

analogous

#56E5AF #56D3E5 #568CE5

triadic

#56D3E5 #E556D3 #D3E556

tetradic

#56D3E5 #AF56E5 #E56856 #8CE556

square

#56D3E5 #AF56E5 #E56856 #8CE556

split-complementary

#56D3E5 #E5568C #E5AF56

monochromatic

#1A95A7 #22C5DC #56D3E5 #8BE1ED #C0EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#56D3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#56D3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3E5

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3E5	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.112 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1ed',
    500: '#56d3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3e5;
$custom-light: #95e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.552,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80417,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3E5

secondary

#A94536

accent

#2910D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3E5

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

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