#56D3E8#56D3E8

#56D3E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.113 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56D3E8
RGBrgb(86, 211, 232)
HSLhsl(189, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(189, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.69, -28.23, -20.63)
CIE-LCHlch(78.69, 34.97, 216.16°)
OKLaboklab(80.53% -0.0974 -0.0573)
OKLCHoklch(80.53% 0.113 210.5)
XYZxyz(41.6914, 54.3887, 84.6292)
Luminance0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56D3E8 #E86B56
analogous
#56E8B4 #56D3E8 #568AE8
triadic
#56D3E8 #E856D3 #D3E856
tetradic
#56D3E8 #B456E8 #E86B56 #8AE856
square
#56D3E8 #B456E8 #E86B56 #8AE856
split-complementary
#56D3E8 #E8568A #E8B456
monochromatic
#1797AC #20C5E1 #56D3E8 #8CE1EF #C2EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77
#56D3E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88
#56D3E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3E8
11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56D3E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56D3E81.001.7711.8811.88
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8821.001.001.00
##00000011.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1CCE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ACBCE8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCD9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56d3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.113 210.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0ef',
    500: '#56d3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56d3e8;
$custom-light: #95e0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56d3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.63,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80529,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56D3E8
secondary
#AD4635
accent
#2A0DD8
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0F1516
muted
#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3E8

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#56D3E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva