#56D5EB#56D5EB

#56D5EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.115 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56D5EB
RGBrgb(86, 213, 235)
HSLhsl(189, 79%, 63%)
HSVhsv(189, 63%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.36, -28.34, -21.21)
CIE-LCHlch(79.36, 35.40, 216.81°)
OKLaboklab(81.11% -0.0982 -0.0589)
OKLCHoklch(81.11% 0.115 210.9)
XYZxyz(42.6211, 55.5605, 87.0592)
Luminance0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56D5EB #EB6C56
analogous
#56EBB6 #56D5EB #568AEB
triadic
#56D5EB #EB56D5 #D5EB56
tetradic
#56D5EB #B656EB #EB6C56 #8AEB56
square
#56D5EB #B656EB #EB6C56 #8AEB56
split-complementary
#56D5EB #EB568A #EBB656
monochromatic
#159AB2 #1FC7E5 #56D5EB #8DE3F1 #C3F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#56D5EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11
#56D5EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5EB
12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56D5EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56D5EB1.001.7312.1112.11
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1121.001.001.00
##00000012.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3CEEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADBEEB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DFDC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56d5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.115 210.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2f1',
    500: '#56d5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56d5eb;
$custom-light: #95e2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56d5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.859,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81105,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56D5EB
secondary
#B24633
accent
#290ADB
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0F1516
muted
#808485

Preview Lab

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#56D5EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva