#56D4EC#56D4EC

#56D4EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.115 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4EC
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -27.56, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 35.35, 218.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0968 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.115 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5153, 55.1170, 87.7386)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4EC #EC6E56

analogous

#56ECB9 #56D4EC #5689EC

triadic

#56D4EC #EC56D4 #D4EC56

tetradic

#56D4EC #B956EC #EC6E56 #89EC56

square

#56D4EC #B956EC #EC6E56 #89EC56

split-complementary

#56D4EC #EC5689 #ECB956

monochromatic

#149AB3 #1FC6E6 #56D4EC #8DE2F2 #C4F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#56D4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#56D4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4EC

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4EC	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.115 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1f2',
    500: '#56d4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4ec;
$custom-light: #95e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80911,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4EC

secondary

#B34733

accent

#2B09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4EC

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

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