#56E3E8#56E3E8

#56E3E8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.120 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E3E8
RGB	rgb(86, 227, 232)
HSL	hsl(182, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 2.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.30, -35.85, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.30, 38.37, 200.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.1135 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.12 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8660, 62.7378, 86.0207)
Luminance	0.6274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E3E8 #E85B56

analogous

#56E8A4 #56E3E8 #569AE8

triadic

#56E3E8 #E856E3 #E3E856

tetradic

#56E3E8 #A456E8 #E85B56 #9AE856

square

#56E3E8 #A456E8 #E85B56 #9AE856

split-complementary

#56E3E8 #E8569A #E8A456

monochromatic

#17A7AC #20DAE1 #56E3E8 #8CECEF #C2F5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#56E3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#56E3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E3E8

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E3E8	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 227, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.120 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ecef',
    500: '#56e3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e3e8;
$custom-light: #96ecef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.055,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84253,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E3E8

secondary

#AD3935

accent

#140DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E3E8

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

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