#56D6EB#56D6EB

#56D6EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.115 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6EB
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -28.83, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 35.53, 215.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0992 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.115 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8734, 56.0651, 87.1433)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6EB #EB6B56

analogous

#56EBB5 #56D6EB #568CEB

triadic

#56D6EB #EB56D6 #D6EB56

tetradic

#56D6EB #B556EB #EB6B56 #8CEB56

square

#56D6EB #B556EB #EB6B56 #8CEB56

split-complementary

#56D6EB #EB568C #EBB556

monochromatic

#159CB2 #1FC9E5 #56D6EB #8DE3F1 #C3F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#56D6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6EB

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6EB	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.115 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f1',
    500: '#56d6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6eb;
$custom-light: #95e3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.456,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81336,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6EB

secondary

#B24533

accent

#280ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6EB

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

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