#56DDEA#56DDEA

#56DDEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.117 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DDEA
RGB	rgb(86, 221, 234)
HSL	hsl(185, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -32.48, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 36.77, 207.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.1066 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.117 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5391, 59.6270, 86.9878)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DDEA #EA6356

analogous

#56EAAD #56DDEA #5693EA

triadic

#56DDEA #EA56DD #DDEA56

tetradic

#56DDEA #AD56EA #EA6356 #93EA56

square

#56DDEA #AD56EA #EA6356 #93EA56

split-complementary

#56DDEA #EA5693 #EAAD56

monochromatic

#16A2B0 #20D2E3 #56DDEA #8CE8F1 #C3F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#56DDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#56DDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DDEA

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DDEA	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ddea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 221, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.117 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8f0',
    500: '#56ddea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ddea;
$custom-light: #96e8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ddea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.27,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82925,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DDEA

secondary

#B03F34

accent

#1E0BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DDEA

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

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