#56D9EC#56D9EC

#56D9EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.116 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9EC
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -29.99, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 36.02, 213.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.1018 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.116 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7846, 57.6555, 88.1617)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9EC #EC6956

analogous

#56ECB4 #56D9EC #568EEC

triadic

#56D9EC #EC56D9 #D9EC56

tetradic

#56D9EC #B456EC #EC6956 #8EEC56

square

#56D9EC #B456EC #EC6956 #8EEC56

split-complementary

#56D9EC #EC568E #ECB456

monochromatic

#149FB3 #1FCDE6 #56D9EC #8DE5F2 #C4F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#56D9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#56D9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9EC

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9EC	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.116 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5f2',
    500: '#56d9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9ec;
$custom-light: #96e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82069,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9EC

secondary

#B34333

accent

#2409DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9EC

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

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