#56DEE5#56DEE5

#56DEE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.117 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DEE5
RGB	rgb(86, 222, 229)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -34.35, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 37.24, 202.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.1097 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.117 200)
XYZ	xyz(44.0958, 59.8734, 83.3463)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DEE5 #E55D56

analogous

#56E5A5 #56DEE5 #5697E5

triadic

#56DEE5 #E556DE #DEE556

tetradic

#56DEE5 #A556E5 #E55D56 #97E556

square

#56DEE5 #A556E5 #E55D56 #97E556

split-complementary

#56DEE5 #E55697 #E5A556

monochromatic

#1AA0A7 #22D3DC #56DEE5 #8BE8ED #C0F3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#56DEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#56DEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DEE5

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DEE5	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)

#CFD5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 222, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.117 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8ed',
    500: '#56dee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dee5;
$custom-light: #96e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.937,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82982,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.59878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DEE5

secondary

#A93C36

accent

#1A10D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DEE5

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

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