#56D8EF#56D8EF

#56D8EF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.117 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8EF
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -28.64, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 36.02, 217.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0996 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.117 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9671, 57.3174, 90.3908)
Luminance	0.5732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8EF #EF6D56

analogous

#56EFBA #56D8EF #568BEF

triadic

#56D8EF #EF56D8 #D8EF56

tetradic

#56D8EF #BA56EF #EF6D56 #8BEF56

square

#56D8EF #BA56EF #EF6D56 #8BEF56

split-complementary

#56D8EF #EF568B #EFBA56

monochromatic

#12A0B9 #1ECBEA #56D8EF #8EE5F4 #C6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#56D8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#56D8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8EF

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8EF	1.00	1.68	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.117 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4f4',
    500: '#56d8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8ef;
$custom-light: #96e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.02,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81949,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8EF

secondary

#B84531

accent

#2706DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8EF

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

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