#56DDEE#56DDEE

#56DDEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.118 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DDEE
RGB	rgb(86, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(187, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -31.34, -19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 36.74, 211.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.105 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.118 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1203, 59.8595, 90.0485)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DDEE #EE6756

analogous

#56EEB3 #56DDEE #5691EE

triadic

#56DDEE #EE56DD #DDEE56

tetradic

#56DDEE #B356EE #EE6756 #91EE56

square

#56DDEE #B356EE #EE6756 #91EE56

split-complementary

#56DDEE #EE5691 #EEB356

monochromatic

#12A5B7 #1ED2E8 #56DDEE #8EE8F4 #C5F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#56DDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#56DDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DDEE

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DDEE	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.118 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8f3',
    500: '#56ddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ddee;
$custom-light: #96e8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.711,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83069,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DDEE

secondary

#B74132

accent

#1F07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DDEE

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

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