#56D4E2#56D4E2

#56D4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.112 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4E2
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -30.44, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 35.00, 209.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.1008 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.112 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1029, 54.5520, 80.3002)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4E2 #E26456

analogous

#56E2AA #56D4E2 #568EE2

triadic

#56D4E2 #E256D4 #D4E256

tetradic

#56D4E2 #AA56E2 #E26456 #8EE256

square

#56D4E2 #AA56E2 #E26456 #8EE256

split-complementary

#56D4E2 #E2568E #E2AA56

monochromatic

#1C94A2 #25C4D6 #56D4E2 #8AE1EB #BEEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#56D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#56D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4E2

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4E2	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.112 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1eb',
    500: '#56d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4e2;
$custom-light: #94e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8054,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4E2

secondary

#A54338

accent

#2613D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4E2

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

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