#56D6EF#56D6EF

#56D6EF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.116 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6EF
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -27.67, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 35.79, 219.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0976 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.116 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4578, 56.2989, 90.2211)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6EF #EF6F56

analogous

#56EFBB #56D6EF #5689EF

triadic

#56D6EF #EF56D6 #D6EF56

tetradic

#56D6EF #BB56EF #EF6F56 #89EF56

square

#56D6EF #BB56EF #EF6F56 #89EF56

split-complementary

#56D6EF #EF5689 #EFBB56

monochromatic

#129EB9 #1EC8EA #56D6EF #8EE4F4 #C6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#56D6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#56D6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6EF

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6EF	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.116 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e3f4',
    500: '#56d6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6ef;
$custom-light: #96e3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.804,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81487,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6EF

secondary

#B84731

accent

#2A06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6EF

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

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