#56E5E1#56E5E1

#56E5E1 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.121 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E5E1
RGB	rgb(86, 229, 225)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 1.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -38.68, -9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 39.81, 193.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.1184 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.121 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4416, 63.4483, 81.0715)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E5E1 #E5565A

analogous

#56E59A #56E5E1 #56A1E5

triadic

#56E5E1 #E156E5 #E5E156

tetradic

#56E5E1 #9A56E5 #E5565A #A1E556

square

#56E5E1 #9A56E5 #E5565A #A1E556

split-complementary

#56E5E1 #E556A1 #E59A56

monochromatic

#1AA7A3 #22DCD7 #56E5E1 #8BEDEA #C0F5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#56E5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#56E5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E5E1

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E5E1	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 229, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.121 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edea',
    500: '#56e5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e5e1;
$custom-light: #96edea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.322,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84487,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E5E1

secondary

#A9363A

accent

#1016D5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E5E1

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

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