#56E5DC#56E5DC

#56E5DC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.122 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E5DC
RGB	rgb(86, 229, 220)
HSL	hsl(176, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 3.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -40.01, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 40.61, 189.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.1205 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.122 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7695, 63.1795, 77.5317)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E5DC #E5565F

analogous

#56E595 #56E5DC #56A7E5

triadic

#56E5DC #DC56E5 #E5DC56

tetradic

#56E5DC #9556E5 #E5565F #A7E556

square

#56E5DC #9556E5 #E5565F #A7E556

split-complementary

#56E5DC #E556A7 #E59556

monochromatic

#1AA79E #22DCD0 #56E5DC #8BEDE7 #C0F5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#56E5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#56E5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E5DC

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E5DC	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)

#D9DADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 229, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.122 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eee6',
    500: '#56e5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e5dc;
$custom-light: #96eee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.224,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84326,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E5DC

secondary

#A9363E

accent

#101CD5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E5DC

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

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