#56D6EC#56D6EC

#56D6EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.115 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6EC
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -28.54, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 35.59, 216.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0988 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.115 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0183, 56.1231, 87.9063)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6EC #EC6C56

analogous

#56ECB7 #56D6EC #568BEC

triadic

#56D6EC #EC56D6 #D6EC56

tetradic

#56D6EC #B756EC #EC6C56 #8BEC56

square

#56D6EC #B756EC #EC6C56 #8BEC56

split-complementary

#56D6EC #EC568B #ECB756

monochromatic

#149CB3 #1FC9E6 #56D6EC #8DE3F2 #C4F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#56D6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6EC

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6EC	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.115 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f2',
    500: '#56d6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6ec;
$custom-light: #95e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81374,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6EC

secondary

#B34633

accent

#2809DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6EC

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

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