#56D5E8#56D5E8

#56D5E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.114 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5E8
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -29.21, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 35.26, 214.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0994 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.114 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1914, 55.3886, 84.7958)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5E8 #E86956

analogous

#56E8B2 #56D5E8 #568CE8

triadic

#56D5E8 #E856D5 #D5E856

tetradic

#56D5E8 #B256E8 #E86956 #8CE856

square

#56D5E8 #B256E8 #E86956 #8CE856

split-complementary

#56D5E8 #E8568C #E8B256

monochromatic

#1799AC #20C8E1 #56D5E8 #8CE2EF #C2F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#56D5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5E8

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5E8	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.114 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2ef',
    500: '#56d5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5e8;
$custom-light: #95e2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80993,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5E8

secondary

#AD4535

accent

#280DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5E8

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

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