#56D8E4#56D8E4

#56D8E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.114 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8E4
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -31.79, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 35.82, 207.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.104 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.114 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3912, 56.6871, 82.0914)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8E4 #E46256

analogous

#56E4A9 #56D8E4 #5691E4

triadic

#56D8E4 #E456D8 #D8E456

tetradic

#56D8E4 #A956E4 #E46256 #91E456

square

#56D8E4 #A956E4 #E46256 #91E456

split-complementary

#56D8E4 #E45691 #E4A956

monochromatic

#1A99A5 #23CBDA #56D8E4 #8BE4EC #C0F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#56D8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#56D8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8E4

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8E4	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.114 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4ec',
    500: '#56d8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8e4;
$custom-light: #95e4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.07,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81546,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8E4

secondary

#A74037

accent

#2211D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8E4

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

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