#56D5EE#56D5EE

#56D5EE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.116 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5EE
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -27.47, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 35.61, 219.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.097 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.116 213)
XYZ	xyz(43.0582, 55.7353, 89.3611)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5EE #EE6F56

analogous

#56EEBB #56D5EE #5689EE

triadic

#56D5EE #EE56D5 #D5EE56

tetradic

#56D5EE #BB56EE #EE6F56 #89EE56

square

#56D5EE #BB56EE #EE6F56 #89EE56

split-complementary

#56D5EE #EE5689 #EEBB56

monochromatic

#129CB7 #1EC7E8 #56D5EE #8EE3F4 #C5F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#56D5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#56D5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5EE

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5EE	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.116 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2f3',
    500: '#56d5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5ee;
$custom-light: #96e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.868,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81218,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.5574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5EE

secondary

#B74832

accent

#2B07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5EE

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

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