#56D4EB#56D4EB

#56D4EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.114 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4EB
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -27.85, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 35.28, 217.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0972 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.114 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3704, 55.0590, 86.9756)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4EB #EB6D56

analogous

#56EBB8 #56D4EB #5689EB

triadic

#56D4EB #EB56D4 #D4EB56

tetradic

#56D4EB #B856EB #EB6D56 #89EB56

square

#56D4EB #B856EB #EB6D56 #89EB56

split-complementary

#56D4EB #EB5689 #EBB856

monochromatic

#1599B2 #1FC6E5 #56D4EB #8DE2F1 #C3F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#56D4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#56D4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4EB

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4EB	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.114 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1f1',
    500: '#56d4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4eb;
$custom-light: #95e1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.262,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80873,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4EB

secondary

#B24733

accent

#2B0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4EB

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

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