#56D4E6#56D4E6

#56D4E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.113 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4E6
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -29.30, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 35.04, 213.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0992 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.113 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6582, 54.7741, 83.2246)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4E6 #E66856

analogous

#56E6B0 #56D4E6 #568CE6

triadic

#56D4E6 #E656D4 #D4E656

tetradic

#56D4E6 #B056E6 #E66856 #8CE656

square

#56D4E6 #B056E6 #E66856 #8CE656

split-complementary

#56D4E6 #E6568C #E6B056

monochromatic

#1997A9 #21C6DE #56D4E6 #8BE2EE #C1EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#56D4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#56D4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4E6

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4E6	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.113 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1ee',
    500: '#56d4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4e6;
$custom-light: #95e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80687,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4E6

secondary

#AA4436

accent

#280FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4E6

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

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