#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
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 232)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -28.23, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 34.97, 216.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0974 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.113 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6914, 54.3887, 84.6292)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##56D3E8	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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