#56DCEB#56DCEB

#56DCEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.117 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DCEB
RGB	rgb(86, 220, 235)
HSL	hsl(186, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -31.72, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 36.55, 209.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.1052 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.117 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4200, 59.1582, 87.6588)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DCEB #EB6556

analogous

#56EBAF #56DCEB #5692EB

triadic

#56DCEB #EB56DC #DCEB56

tetradic

#56DCEB #AF56EB #EB6556 #92EB56

square

#56DCEB #AF56EB #EB6556 #92EB56

split-complementary

#56DCEB #EB5692 #EBAF56

monochromatic

#15A2B2 #1FD1E5 #56DCEB #8DE7F1 #C3F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#56DCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#56DCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DCEB

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DCEB	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 220, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.117 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7f1',
    500: '#56dceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dceb;
$custom-light: #96e7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.04,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82728,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DCEB

secondary

#B24033

accent

#1F0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DCEB

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

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