#56D6EA#56D6EA

#56D6EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.114 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6EA
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 234)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -29.12, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 35.49, 214.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0996 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.114 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7294, 56.0075, 86.3846)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6EA #EA6A56

analogous

#56EAB4 #56D6EA #568CEA

triadic

#56D6EA #EA56D6 #D6EA56

tetradic

#56D6EA #B456EA #EA6A56 #8CEA56

square

#56D6EA #B456EA #EA6A56 #8CEA56

split-complementary

#56D6EA #EA568C #EAB456

monochromatic

#169BB0 #20C9E3 #56D6EA #8CE3F1 #C3F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#56D6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6EA

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6EA	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.114 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f0',
    500: '#56d6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6ea;
$custom-light: #95e3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81299,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6EA

secondary

#B04534

accent

#270BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6EA

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

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