#56D8EA#56D8EA

#56D8EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.115 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8EA
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -30.08, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 35.81, 212.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.1016 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.115 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2386, 57.0260, 86.5543)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8EA #EA6856

analogous

#56EAB2 #56D8EA #568EEA

triadic

#56D8EA #EA56D8 #D8EA56

tetradic

#56D8EA #B256EA #EA6856 #8EEA56

square

#56D8EA #B256EA #EA6856 #8EEA56

split-complementary

#56D8EA #EA568E #EAB256

monochromatic

#169DB0 #20CBE3 #56D8EA #8CE5F1 #C3F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#56D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#56D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8EA

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8EA	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.115 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f0',
    500: '#56d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8ea;
$custom-light: #95e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.297,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81763,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8EA

secondary

#B04334

accent

#250BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8EA

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

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