#56D3EA#56D3EA

#56D3EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.114 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3EA
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 234)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -27.65, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 35.09, 217.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0966 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.114 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9771, 54.5030, 86.1338)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3EA #EA6D56

analogous

#56EAB7 #56D3EA #5689EA

triadic

#56D3EA #EA56D3 #D3EA56

tetradic

#56D3EA #B756EA #EA6D56 #89EA56

square

#56D3EA #B756EA #EA6D56 #89EA56

split-complementary

#56D3EA #EA5689 #EAB756

monochromatic

#1698B0 #20C5E3 #56D3EA #8CE1F1 #C3EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#56D3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#56D3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3EA

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3EA	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.114 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f0',
    500: '#56d3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3ea;
$custom-light: #95e0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.324,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80604,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3EA

secondary

#B04734

accent

#2B0BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3EA

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

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