#56E4E6#56E4E6

#56E4E6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.120 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E4E6
RGB	rgb(86, 228, 230)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -36.87, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 38.85, 198.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.1153 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.12 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8578, 63.1734, 84.6245)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E4E6 #E65856

analogous

#56E6A0 #56E4E6 #569CE6

triadic

#56E4E6 #E656E4 #E4E656

tetradic

#56E4E6 #A056E6 #E65856 #9CE656

square

#56E4E6 #A056E6 #E65856 #9CE656

split-complementary

#56E4E6 #E6569C #E6A056

monochromatic

#19A7A9 #21DBDE #56E4E6 #8BEDEE #C1F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#56E4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#56E4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E4E6

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E4E6	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 228, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.120 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eded',
    500: '#56e4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e4e6;
$custom-light: #96eded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84419,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E4E6

secondary

#AA3736

accent

#120FD6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E4E6

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

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