#56D5E5#56D5E5

#56D5E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.113 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5E5
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -30.07, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 35.20, 211.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.1006 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.113 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7689, 55.2196, 82.5707)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5E5 #E56656

analogous

#56E5AD #56D5E5 #568EE5

triadic

#56D5E5 #E556D5 #D5E556

tetradic

#56D5E5 #AD56E5 #E56656 #8EE556

square

#56D5E5 #AD56E5 #E56656 #8EE556

split-complementary

#56D5E5 #E5568E #E5AD56

monochromatic

#1A97A7 #22C7DC #56D5E5 #8BE2ED #C0EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#56D5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5E5

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5E5	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.113 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2ed',
    500: '#56d5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5e5;
$custom-light: #95e2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.713,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80883,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5E5

secondary

#A94336

accent

#2610D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5E5

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

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