#56D3E7#56D3E7

#56D3E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.113 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3E7
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 231)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -28.52, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 34.92, 215.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0978 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.113 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5498, 54.3321, 83.8832)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3E7 #E76A56

analogous

#56E7B3 #56D3E7 #568AE7

triadic

#56D3E7 #E756D3 #D3E756

tetradic

#56D3E7 #B356E7 #E76A56 #8AE756

square

#56D3E7 #B356E7 #E76A56 #8AE756

split-complementary

#56D3E7 #E7568A #E7B356

monochromatic

#1896AA #20C5DF #56D3E7 #8CE1EF #C1EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#56D3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#56D3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3E7

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3E7	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.113 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0ee',
    500: '#56d3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3e7;
$custom-light: #95e0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80491,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3E7

secondary

#AC4635

accent

#2A0ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3E7

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

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