#56D4E8#56D4E8

#56D4E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.113 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4E8
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -28.72, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 35.11, 215.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0984 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.113 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9406, 54.8871, 84.7122)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4E8 #E86A56

analogous

#56E8B3 #56D4E8 #568BE8

triadic

#56D4E8 #E856D4 #D4E856

tetradic

#56D4E8 #B356E8 #E86A56 #8BE856

square

#56D4E8 #B356E8 #E86A56 #8BE856

split-complementary

#56D4E8 #E8568B #E8B356

monochromatic

#1798AC #20C6E1 #56D4E8 #8CE2EF #C2EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#56D4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#56D4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4E8

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4E8	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.113 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1ef',
    500: '#56d4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4e8;
$custom-light: #95e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.219,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80761,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4E8

secondary

#AD4535

accent

#290DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4E8

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

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