#56D8EE#56D8EE

#56D8EE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.116 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8EE
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -28.93, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 35.96, 216.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.1 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.116 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8198, 57.2585, 89.6150)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8EE #EE6C56

analogous

#56EEB8 #56D8EE #568CEE

triadic

#56D8EE #EE56D8 #D8EE56

tetradic

#56D8EE #B856EE #EE6C56 #8CEE56

square

#56D8EE #B856EE #EE6C56 #8CEE56

split-complementary

#56D8EE #EE568C #EEB856

monochromatic

#129FB7 #1ECBE8 #56D8EE #8EE5F4 #C5F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#56D8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#56D8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8EE

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8EE	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.116 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4f3',
    500: '#56d8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8ee;
$custom-light: #96e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.684,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81912,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8EE

secondary

#B74532

accent

#2607DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8EE

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

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