#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
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -28.34, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 35.40, 216.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0982 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.115 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6211, 55.5605, 87.0592)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##56D5EB	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56D5EB

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

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