#56DDEF#56DDEF

#56DDEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.118 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DDEF
RGB	rgb(86, 221, 239)
HSL	hsl(187, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -31.06, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 36.76, 212.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.1046 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.118 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2676, 59.9184, 90.8243)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DDEF #EF6856

analogous

#56EFB4 #56DDEF #5690EF

triadic

#56DDEF #EF56DD #DDEF56

tetradic

#56DDEF #B456EF #EF6856 #90EF56

square

#56DDEF #B456EF #EF6856 #90EF56

split-complementary

#56DDEF #EF5690 #EFB456

monochromatic

#12A5B9 #1ED2EA #56DDEF #8EE8F4 #C6F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#56DDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#56DDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DDEF

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DDEF	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ddef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 221, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.118 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8f4',
    500: '#56ddef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ddef;
$custom-light: #96e8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ddef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83105,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DDEF

secondary

#B84131

accent

#2006DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DDEF

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

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