#56E3EF#56E3EF

#56E3EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.120 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E3EF
RGB	rgb(86, 227, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -33.90, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 37.95, 206.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.1106 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.12 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8801, 63.1434, 91.3619)
Luminance	0.6315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E3EF #EF6256

analogous

#56EFAE #56E3EF #5696EF

triadic

#56E3EF #EF56E3 #E3EF56

tetradic

#56E3EF #AE56EF #EF6256 #96EF56

square

#56E3EF #AE56EF #EF6256 #96EF56

split-complementary

#56E3EF #EF5696 #EFAE56

monochromatic

#12ACB9 #1EDAEA #56E3EF #8EECF4 #C6F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#56E3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#56E3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E3EF

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E3EF	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2DAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC9F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 227, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.120 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ecf4',
    500: '#56e3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e3ef;
$custom-light: #97ecf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84496,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E3EF

secondary

#B83C31

accent

#1706DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E3EF

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

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