#56D7EC#56D7EC

#56D7EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.115 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D7EC
RGB	rgb(86, 215, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -29.03, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 35.72, 215.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0998 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.115 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2722, 56.6308, 87.9909)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D7EC #EC6B56

analogous

#56ECB6 #56D7EC #568CEC

triadic

#56D7EC #EC56D7 #D7EC56

tetradic

#56D7EC #B656EC #EC6B56 #8CEC56

square

#56D7EC #B656EC #EC6B56 #8CEC56

split-complementary

#56D7EC #EC568C #ECB656

monochromatic

#149DB3 #1FCAE6 #56D7EC #8DE4F2 #C4F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#56D7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#56D7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D7EC

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D7EC	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 215, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.115 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e3f2',
    500: '#56d7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d7ec;
$custom-light: #96e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81605,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D7EC

secondary

#B34533

accent

#2709DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D7EC

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

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