#56E5DF#56E5DF

#56E5DF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.122 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E5DF
RGB	rgb(86, 229, 223)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -39.21, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 40.11, 192.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.1193 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.122 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1704, 63.3399, 79.6430)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E5DF #E5565C

analogous

#56E598 #56E5DF #56A3E5

triadic

#56E5DF #DF56E5 #E5DF56

tetradic

#56E5DF #9856E5 #E5565C #A3E556

square

#56E5DF #9856E5 #E5565C #A3E556

split-complementary

#56E5DF #E556A3 #E59856

monochromatic

#1AA7A1 #22DCD4 #56E5DF #8BEDE9 #C0F5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#56E5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#56E5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E5DF

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E5DF	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 229, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.122 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eee8',
    500: '#56e5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e5df;
$custom-light: #96eee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.483,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84422,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E5DF

secondary

#A9363B

accent

#1018D5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E5DF

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

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