#56D9E4#56D9E4

#56D9E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.114 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9E4
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -32.27, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 36.05, 206.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.105 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.114 203)
XYZ	xyz(42.6482, 57.2010, 82.1770)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9E4 #E46156

analogous

#56E4A8 #56D9E4 #5692E4

triadic

#56D9E4 #E456D9 #D9E456

tetradic

#56D9E4 #A856E4 #E46156 #92E456

square

#56D9E4 #A856E4 #E46156 #92E456

split-complementary

#56D9E4 #E45692 #E4A856

monochromatic

#1A9AA5 #23CCDA #56D9E4 #8BE5EC #C0F1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#56D9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#56D9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9E4

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9E4	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)

#C9D0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.114 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5ec',
    500: '#56d9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9e4;
$custom-light: #95e5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.648,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81779,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.57206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9E4

secondary

#A73F37

accent

#2011D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9E4

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

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