#56D9EF#56D9EF

#56D9EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.117 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D9EF
RGB	rgb(86, 217, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -29.13, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 36.14, 216.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.1006 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.117 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2241, 57.8313, 90.4765)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D9EF #EF6C56

analogous

#56EFB8 #56D9EF #568CEF

triadic

#56D9EF #EF56D9 #D9EF56

tetradic

#56D9EF #B856EF #EF6C56 #8CEF56

square

#56D9EF #B856EF #EF6C56 #8CEF56

split-complementary

#56D9EF #EF568C #EFB856

monochromatic

#12A1B9 #1ECCEA #56D9EF #8EE6F4 #C6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#56D9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#56D9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D9EF

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D9EF	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 217, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.117 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5f4',
    500: '#56d9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d9ef;
$custom-light: #96e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.627,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8218,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D9EF

secondary

#B84531

accent

#2606DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D9EF

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

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