#56D8EB#56D8EB

#56D8EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.115 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8EB
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -29.80, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 35.83, 213.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.1012 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.115 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3827, 57.0836, 87.3131)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8EB #EB6956

analogous

#56EBB3 #56D8EB #568DEB

triadic

#56D8EB #EB56D8 #D8EB56

tetradic

#56D8EB #B356EB #EB6956 #8DEB56

square

#56D8EB #B356EB #EB6956 #8DEB56

split-complementary

#56D8EB #EB568D #EBB356

monochromatic

#159EB2 #1FCBE5 #56D8EB #8DE5F1 #C3F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#56D8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#56D8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8EB

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8EB	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.115 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4f1',
    500: '#56d8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8eb;
$custom-light: #96e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.651,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.818,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8EB

secondary

#B24333

accent

#250ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8EB

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

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