#56DDE8#56DDE8

#56DDE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.117 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DDE8
RGB	rgb(86, 221, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -33.04, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 36.83, 206.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.1075 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.117 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2534, 59.5127, 85.4832)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DDE8 #E86156

analogous

#56E8AA #56DDE8 #5694E8

triadic

#56DDE8 #E856DD #DDE856

tetradic

#56DDE8 #AA56E8 #E86156 #94E856

square

#56DDE8 #AA56E8 #E86156 #94E856

split-complementary

#56DDE8 #E85694 #E8AA56

monochromatic

#17A1AC #20D2E1 #56DDE8 #8CE8EF #C2F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#56DDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#56DDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DDE8

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DDE8	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 221, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.117 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8ef',
    500: '#56dde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dde8;
$custom-light: #96e8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.521,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82854,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DDE8

secondary

#AD3E35

accent

#1D0DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DDE8

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

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