#56E0E4#56E0E4

#56E0E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.118 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E0E4
RGB	rgb(86, 224, 228)
HSL	hsl(182, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 1.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -35.56, -13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 37.87, 200.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.1121 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.118 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4909, 60.8864, 82.7912)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E0E4 #E45A56

analogous

#56E4A1 #56E0E4 #5699E4

triadic

#56E0E4 #E456E0 #E0E456

tetradic

#56E0E4 #A156E4 #E45A56 #99E456

square

#56E0E4 #A156E4 #E45A56 #99E456

split-complementary

#56E0E4 #E45699 #E4A156

monochromatic

#1AA1A5 #23D5DA #56E0E4 #8BEAEC #C0F3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#56E0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#56E0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E0E4

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E0E4	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 224, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.118 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eaec',
    500: '#56e0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e0e4;
$custom-light: #96eaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.69,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83415,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E0E4

secondary

#A73A37

accent

#1611D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E0E4

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

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