#56D9EA#56D9EA

#56D9EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.115 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9EA
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -30.57, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 35.98, 211.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.1026 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.115 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4956, 57.5400, 86.6400)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9EA #EA6756

analogous

#56EAB1 #56D9EA #568FEA

triadic

#56D9EA #EA56D9 #D9EA56

tetradic

#56D9EA #B156EA #EA6756 #8FEA56

square

#56D9EA #B156EA #EA6756 #8FEA56

split-complementary

#56D9EA #EA568F #EAB156

monochromatic

#169EB0 #20CDE3 #56D9EA #8CE5F1 #C3F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#56D9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#56D9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9EA

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9EA	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.115 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5f0',
    500: '#56d9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9ea;
$custom-light: #96e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.892,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81995,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9EA

secondary

#B04234

accent

#230BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9EA

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

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