#56D5E4#56D5E4

#56D5E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.112 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5E4
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 228)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -30.35, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 35.19, 210.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.101 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.112 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6297, 55.1639, 81.8375)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5E4 #E46556

analogous

#56E4AC #56D5E4 #568EE4

triadic

#56D5E4 #E456D5 #D5E456

tetradic

#56D5E4 #AC56E4 #E46556 #8EE456

square

#56D5E4 #AC56E4 #E46556 #8EE456

split-complementary

#56D5E4 #E4568E #E4AC56

monochromatic

#1A97A5 #23C7DA #56D5E4 #8BE2EC #C0EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#56D5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#56D5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5E4

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5E4	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CDE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.112 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2ec',
    500: '#56d5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5e4;
$custom-light: #95e2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.338,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80846,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5E4

secondary

#A74337

accent

#2611D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5E4

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

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