#56D7EF#56D7EF

#56D7EF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.116 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D7EF
RGB	rgb(86, 215, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 10%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -28.15, -22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 35.90, 218.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0986 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.116 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7117, 56.8066, 90.3057)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D7EF #EF6E56

analogous

#56EFBA #56D7EF #568AEF

triadic

#56D7EF #EF56D7 #D7EF56

tetradic

#56D7EF #BA56EF #EF6E56 #8AEF56

square

#56D7EF #BA56EF #EF6E56 #8AEF56

split-complementary

#56D7EF #EF568A #EFBA56

monochromatic

#129FB9 #1ECAEA #56D7EF #8EE4F4 #C6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#56D7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#56D7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D7EF

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D7EF	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 215, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.116 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e3f4',
    500: '#56d7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d7ef;
$custom-light: #96e3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81718,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D7EF

secondary

#B84631

accent

#2806DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D7EF

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

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