#56D8E9#56D8E9

#56D8E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.115 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56D8E9
RGBrgb(86, 216, 233)
HSLhsl(187, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(187, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(80.16, -30.37, -18.93)
CIE-LCHlch(80.16, 35.79, 211.94°)
OKLaboklab(81.73% -0.102 -0.0525)
OKLCHoklch(81.73% 0.115 207.2)
XYZxyz(43.0954, 56.9687, 85.7999)
Luminance0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56D8E9 #E96756
analogous
#56E9B1 #56D8E9 #568EE9
triadic
#56D8E9 #E956D8 #D8E956
tetradic
#56D8E9 #B156E9 #E96756 #8EE956
square
#56D8E9 #B156E9 #E96756 #8EE956
split-complementary
#56D8E9 #E9568E #E9B156
monochromatic
#179CAE #20CCE2 #56D8E9 #8CE4F0 #C2F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#56D8E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39
#56D8E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8E9
12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56D8E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56D8E91.001.6912.3912.39
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3921.001.001.00
##00000012.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7D0EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1C0E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E1DD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56d8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.115 207.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f0',
    500: '#56d8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56d8e9;
$custom-light: #95e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56d8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.939,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81726,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56D8E9
secondary
#AF4334
accent
#240CD9
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0F1516
muted
#808485

Preview Lab

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#56D8E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva