#56E5E8#56E5E8

#56E5E8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.121 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E5E8
RGB	rgb(86, 229, 232)
HSL	hsl(181, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.88, -36.78, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.88, 38.95, 199.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.1155 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.121 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4162, 63.8382, 86.2041)
Luminance	0.6384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E5E8 #E85956

analogous

#56E8A2 #56E5E8 #569CE8

triadic

#56E5E8 #E856E5 #E5E856

tetradic

#56E5E8 #A256E8 #E85956 #9CE856

square

#56E5E8 #A256E8 #E85956 #9CE856

split-complementary

#56E5E8 #E8569C #E8A256

monochromatic

#17A9AC #20DDE1 #56E5E8 #8CEDEF #C2F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#56E5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#56E5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E5E8

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E5E8	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 229, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.121 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edef',
    500: '#56e5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e5e8;
$custom-light: #96edef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.233,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8472,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E5E8

secondary

#AD3735

accent

#110DD8

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E5E8

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

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