#56DCED#56DCED

#56DCED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.117 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DCED
RGB	rgb(86, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(187, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -31.15, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 36.55, 211.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.1044 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.117 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7105, 59.2744, 89.1891)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DCED #ED6756

analogous

#56EDB2 #56DCED #5690ED

triadic

#56DCED #ED56DC #DCED56

tetradic

#56DCED #B256ED #ED6756 #90ED56

square

#56DCED #B256ED #ED6756 #90ED56

split-complementary

#56DCED #ED5690 #EDB256

monochromatic

#13A3B5 #1FD1E7 #56DCED #8DE7F3 #C5F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#56DCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#56DCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DCED

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DCED	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.117 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7f2',
    500: '#56dced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dced;
$custom-light: #96e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.755,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82801,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DCED

secondary

#B54132

accent

#2008DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DCED

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

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