#56D8ED#56D8ED

#56D8ED is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.116 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8ED
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 237)
HSL	hsl(188, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -29.22, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 35.91, 215.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.1004 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.116 210)
XYZ	xyz(43.6733, 57.1999, 88.8434)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8ED #ED6B56

analogous

#56EDB6 #56D8ED #568CED

triadic

#56D8ED #ED56D8 #D8ED56

tetradic

#56D8ED #B656ED #ED6B56 #8CED56

square

#56D8ED #B656ED #ED6B56 #8CED56

split-complementary

#56D8ED #ED568C #EDB656

monochromatic

#139FB5 #1FCBE7 #56D8ED #8DE5F3 #C5F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#56D8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#56D8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8ED

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8ED	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.116 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4f2',
    500: '#56d8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8ed;
$custom-light: #96e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.344,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81874,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.57205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8ED

secondary

#B54432

accent

#2608DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8ED

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

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