#56D6E8#56D6E8

#56D6E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.114 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6E8
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 232)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -29.69, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 35.42, 213.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.1004 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.114 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4437, 55.8932, 84.8799)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6E8 #E86856

analogous

#56E8B1 #56D6E8 #568DE8

triadic

#56D6E8 #E856D6 #D6E856

tetradic

#56D6E8 #B156E8 #E86856 #8DE856

square

#56D6E8 #B156E8 #E86856 #8DE856

split-complementary

#56D6E8 #E8568D #E8B156

monochromatic

#179AAC #20C9E1 #56D6E8 #8CE3EF #C2F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D6E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#56D6E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6E8

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6E8	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.114 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3ef',
    500: '#56d6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6e8;
$custom-light: #95e3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81225,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6E8

secondary

#AD4435

accent

#260DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6E8

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

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