#56D7E6#56D7E6

#56D7E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.114 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D7E6
RGB	rgb(86, 215, 230)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -30.75, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 35.58, 210.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.1022 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.114 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4151, 56.2879, 83.4769)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D7E6 #E66556

analogous

#56E6AD #56D7E6 #568FE6

triadic

#56D7E6 #E656D7 #D7E656

tetradic

#56D7E6 #AD56E6 #E66556 #8FE656

square

#56D7E6 #AD56E6 #E66556 #8FE656

split-complementary

#56D7E6 #E6568F #E6AD56

monochromatic

#199AA9 #21CADE #56D7E6 #8BE4EE #C1F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#56D7E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#56D7E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D7E6

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D7E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D7E6	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)

#C6CFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d7e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 215, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.114 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3ed',
    500: '#56d7e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d7e6;
$custom-light: #95e3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d7e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81385,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D7E6

secondary

#AA4236

accent

#240FD6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D7E6

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

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