#56D7E4#56D7E4

#56D7E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.113 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D7E4
RGB	rgb(86, 215, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -31.31, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 35.60, 208.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.103 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.113 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1358, 56.1762, 82.0062)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D7E4 #E46356

analogous

#56E4AA #56D7E4 #5690E4

triadic

#56D7E4 #E456D7 #D7E456

tetradic

#56D7E4 #AA56E4 #E46356 #90E456

square

#56D7E4 #AA56E4 #E46356 #90E456

split-complementary

#56D7E4 #E45690 #E4AA56

monochromatic

#1A98A5 #23C9DA #56D7E4 #8BE3EC #C0F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#56D7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D7E4

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D7E4	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 215, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.113 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3ec',
    500: '#56d7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d7e4;
$custom-light: #95e3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.493,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81313,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D7E4

secondary

#A74137

accent

#2311D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D7E4

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

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