#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
RGBrgb(86, 214, 232)
HSLhsl(187, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(187, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.55, -29.69, -19.32)
CIE-LCHlch(79.55, 35.42, 213.05°)
OKLaboklab(81.23% -0.1004 -0.0536)
OKLCHoklch(81.23% 0.114 208.1)
XYZxyz(42.4437, 55.8932, 84.8799)
Luminance0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##56D6E81.001.7212.1812.18
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1821.001.001.00
##00000012.1821.001.001.00

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

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#56D6E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva