#56E4CC#56E4CC
#56E4CC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.126 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #56E4CC |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(86, 228, 204) |
| HSL | hsl(170, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(170, 62%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.82, -43.67, 0.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.82, 43.67, 179.44°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.6% -0.1265 0.0004) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.6% 0.126 179.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.4751, 61.8203, 66.8091) |
| Luminance | 0.6182 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 2.91
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 3.44
Tiffany Blue
#7BF2DA
ΔE00 3.96
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 5.65
Aqua Marine
#2EE8BB
ΔE00 5.74
Bright Aqua
#0BF9EA
ΔE00 6.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#56E4CC #E4566E
analogous
#56E485 #56E4CC #56B5E4
triadic
#56E4CC #CC56E4 #E4CC56
tetradic
#56E4CC #8556E4 #E4566E #B5E456
square
#56E4CC #8556E4 #E4566E #B5E456
split-complementary
#56E4CC #E456B5 #E48556
monochromatic
#1AA58E #23DABB #56E4CC #8BECDC #C0F5EC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#56E4CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.37
#56E4CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #56E4CC
13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##56E4CC | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##56E4CC | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.37 | 13.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBD7CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6C8CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E8DD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #56e4cc; /* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 228, 204); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.126 179.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#95eddb',
500: '#56e4cc',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #56e4cc; $custom-light: #95eddb; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#56e4cc",
"rgb": {
"r": 86,
"g": 228,
"b": 204
},
"hsl": {
"h": 169.859,
"s": 72.449,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.836,
"c": 0.12648,
"h": 179.8
},
"luminance": 0.61825
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#56E4CC
secondary
#A7374A
accent
#1132D5
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFB
border
#CFD6D4
text
#0F1615
muted
#808584