#56D4EA#56D4EA

#56D4EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.114 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4EA
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 234)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -28.14, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 35.21, 216.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0976 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.114 211)
XYZ	xyz(42.2263, 55.0014, 86.2169)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4EA #EA6C56

analogous

#56EAB6 #56D4EA #568AEA

triadic

#56D4EA #EA56D4 #D4EA56

tetradic

#56D4EA #B656EA #EA6C56 #8AEA56

square

#56D4EA #B656EA #EA6C56 #8AEA56

split-complementary

#56D4EA #EA568A #EAB656

monochromatic

#1699B0 #20C6E3 #56D4EA #8CE2F1 #C3F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#56D4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#56D4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4EA

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4EA	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.114 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1f0',
    500: '#56d4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4ea;
$custom-light: #95e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80836,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.55006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4EA

secondary

#B04634

accent

#2A0BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4EA

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

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