#56D4E9#56D4E9

#56D4E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.114 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4E9
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -28.43, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 35.16, 216.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.098 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.114 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0831, 54.9441, 85.4624)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4E9 #E96B56

analogous

#56E9B4 #56D4E9 #568BE9

triadic

#56D4E9 #E956D4 #D4E956

tetradic

#56D4E9 #B456E9 #E96B56 #8BE956

square

#56D4E9 #B456E9 #E96B56 #8BE956

split-complementary

#56D4E9 #E9568B #E9B456

monochromatic

#1798AE #20C6E2 #56D4E9 #8CE2F0 #C2F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#56D4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#56D4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4E9

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4E9	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.114 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1f0',
    500: '#56d4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4e9;
$custom-light: #95e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80798,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4E9

secondary

#AF4634

accent

#2A0CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4E9

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

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