#56D9E8#56D9E8

#56D9E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.115 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9E8
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 232)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -31.14, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 35.97, 210.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.1034 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.115 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2099, 57.4257, 85.1353)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9E8 #E86556

analogous

#56E8AE #56D9E8 #5690E8

triadic

#56D9E8 #E856D9 #D9E856

tetradic

#56D9E8 #AE56E8 #E86556 #90E856

square

#56D9E8 #AE56E8 #E86556 #90E856

split-complementary

#56D9E8 #E85690 #E8AE56

monochromatic

#179DAC #20CDE1 #56D9E8 #8CE5EF #C2F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#56D9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#56D9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9E8

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9E8	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.115 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5ef',
    500: '#56d9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9e8;
$custom-light: #95e5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.164,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81923,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9E8

secondary

#AD4135

accent

#220DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9E8

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

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