#56D6E4#56D6E4

#56D6E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.113 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6E4
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 228)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 6.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -30.83, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 35.39, 209.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.102 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.113 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8820, 55.6685, 81.9216)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6E4 #E46456

analogous

#56E4AB #56D6E4 #568FE4

triadic

#56D6E4 #E456D6 #D6E456

tetradic

#56D6E4 #AB56E4 #E46456 #8FE456

square

#56D6E4 #AB56E4 #E46456 #8FE456

split-complementary

#56D6E4 #E4568F #E4AB56

monochromatic

#1A98A5 #23C8DA #56D6E4 #8BE3EC #C0F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#56D6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#56D6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6E4

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6E4	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.113 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3ec',
    500: '#56d6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6e4;
$custom-light: #95e3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.915,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81079,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6E4

secondary

#A74237

accent

#2411D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6E4

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

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