#56D6E2#56D6E2

#56D6E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.112 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6E2
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -31.40, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 35.43, 207.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1028 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.112 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6060, 55.5581, 80.4679)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6E2 #E26256

analogous

#56E2A8 #56D6E2 #5690E2

triadic

#56D6E2 #E256D6 #D6E256

tetradic

#56D6E2 #A856E2 #E26256 #90E256

square

#56D6E2 #A856E2 #E26256 #90E256

split-complementary

#56D6E2 #E25690 #E2A856

monochromatic

#1C96A2 #25C7D6 #56D6E2 #8AE3EB #BEEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#56D6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#56D6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6E2

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6E2	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)

#C6CEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.112 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3eb',
    500: '#56d6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6e2;
$custom-light: #95e3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81007,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6E2

secondary

#A54138

accent

#2313D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6E2

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

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