#56DEE9#56DEE9

#56DEE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.117 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56DEE9
RGB	rgb(86, 222, 233)
HSL	hsl(184, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -33.23, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 37.03, 206.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.1081 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.117 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6607, 60.0993, 86.3216)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56DEE9 #E96156

analogous

#56E9AB #56DEE9 #5694E9

triadic

#56DEE9 #E956DE #DEE956

tetradic

#56DEE9 #AB56E9 #E96156 #94E956

square

#56DEE9 #AB56E9 #E96156 #94E956

split-complementary

#56DEE9 #E95694 #E9AB56

monochromatic

#17A3AE #20D3E2 #56DEE9 #8CE9F0 #C2F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#56DEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#56DEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56DEE9

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56DEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56DEE9	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56dee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 222, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.117 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8f0',
    500: '#56dee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56dee9;
$custom-light: #96e8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56dee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.49,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83122,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56DEE9

secondary

#AF3E34

accent

#1C0CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56DEE9

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

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