#56D5E6#56D5E6

#56D5E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.113 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5E6
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 230)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -29.78, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 35.21, 212.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.1002 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.113 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9089, 55.2756, 83.3082)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5E6 #E66756

analogous

#56E6AF #56D5E6 #568DE6

triadic

#56D5E6 #E656D5 #D5E656

tetradic

#56D5E6 #AF56E6 #E66756 #8DE656

square

#56D5E6 #AF56E6 #E66756 #8DE656

split-complementary

#56D5E6 #E6568D #E6AF56

monochromatic

#1998A9 #21C8DE #56D5E6 #8BE2EE #C1EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#56D5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5E6

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5E6	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.113 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2ee',
    500: '#56d5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5e6;
$custom-light: #95e2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.083,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80919,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5E6

secondary

#AA4436

accent

#270FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5E6

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

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