#56DCE8#56DCE8

#56DCE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.116 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DCE8
RGB	rgb(86, 220, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -32.57, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 36.60, 207.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.1065 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.116 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9902, 58.9863, 85.3954)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DCE8 #E86256

analogous

#56E8AB #56DCE8 #5693E8

triadic

#56DCE8 #E856DC #DCE856

tetradic

#56DCE8 #AB56E8 #E86256 #93E856

square

#56DCE8 #AB56E8 #E86256 #93E856

split-complementary

#56DCE8 #E85693 #E8AB56

monochromatic

#17A0AC #20D1E1 #56DCE8 #8CE7EF #C2F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#56DCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#56DCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DCE8

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DCE8	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 220, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.116 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7ef',
    500: '#56dce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dce8;
$custom-light: #96e7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.932,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82621,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DCE8

secondary

#AD3F35

accent

#1E0DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DCE8

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

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