#56D6EE#56D6EE

#56D6EE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.116 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6EE
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -27.96, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 35.71, 218.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.098 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.116 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3105, 56.2399, 89.4452)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6EE #EE6E56

analogous

#56EEBA #56D6EE #568AEE

triadic

#56D6EE #EE56D6 #D6EE56

tetradic

#56D6EE #BA56EE #EE6E56 #8AEE56

square

#56D6EE #BA56EE #EE6E56 #8AEE56

split-complementary

#56D6EE #EE568A #EEBA56

monochromatic

#129DB7 #1EC9E8 #56D6EE #8EE3F4 #C5F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#56D6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#56D6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6EE

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6EE	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.116 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e3f3',
    500: '#56d6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6ee;
$custom-light: #96e3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81449,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6EE

secondary

#B74732

accent

#2907DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6EE

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

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