#56D9ED#56D9ED

#56D9ED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.116 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9ED
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 237)
HSL	hsl(188, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -29.71, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 36.05, 214.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.1014 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.116 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9302, 57.7138, 88.9290)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9ED #ED6A56

analogous

#56EDB5 #56D9ED #568DED

triadic

#56D9ED #ED56D9 #D9ED56

tetradic

#56D9ED #B556ED #ED6A56 #8DED56

square

#56D9ED #B556ED #ED6A56 #8DED56

split-complementary

#56D9ED #ED568D #EDB556

monochromatic

#13A0B5 #1FCDE7 #56D9ED #8DE5F3 #C5F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#56D9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#56D9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9ED

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9ED	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.116 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5f2',
    500: '#56d9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9ed;
$custom-light: #96e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.947,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82106,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9ED

secondary

#B54432

accent

#2508DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9ED

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

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