#56E5EF#56E5EF

#56E5EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.121 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E5EF
RGB	rgb(86, 229, 239)
HSL	hsl(184, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 4.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -34.84, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 38.42, 204.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.1126 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.121 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4303, 64.2438, 91.5452)
Luminance	0.6425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E5EF #EF6056

analogous

#56EFAD #56E5EF #5698EF

triadic

#56E5EF #EF56E5 #E5EF56

tetradic

#56E5EF #AD56EF #EF6056 #98EF56

square

#56E5EF #AD56EF #EF6056 #98EF56

split-complementary

#56E5EF #EF5698 #EFAD56

monochromatic

#12AEB9 #1EDCEA #56E5EF #8EEEF4 #C6F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#56E5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#56E5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E5EF

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E5EF	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDCBF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 229, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.121 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97edf4',
    500: '#56e5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e5ef;
$custom-light: #97edf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.922,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8496,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E5EF

secondary

#B83A31

accent

#1506DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E5EF

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

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