#56E8E2#56E8E2
#56E8E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.123 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #56E8E2 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(86, 232, 226) |
| HSL | hsl(178, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(178, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.58, -39.77, -8.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.58, 40.69, 192.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.22% -0.121 -0.024) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.22% 0.123 191.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.4157, 65.1776, 82.0711) |
| Luminance | 0.6518 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 4.11
Bright Aqua
#0BF9EA
ΔE00 5.07
Bright Turquoise
#0FFEF9
ΔE00 5.09
Bright Cyan
#41FDFE
ΔE00 5.09
Bright Light Blue
#26F7FD
ΔE00 5.16
Mediumturquoise
#48D1CC
ΔE00 5.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#56E8E2 #E8565C
analogous
#56E899 #56E8E2 #56A5E8
triadic
#56E8E2 #E256E8 #E8E256
tetradic
#56E8E2 #9956E8 #E8565C #A5E856
square
#56E8E2 #9956E8 #E8565C #A5E856
split-complementary
#56E8E2 #E856A5 #E89956
monochromatic
#17ACA6 #20E1D9 #56E8E2 #8CEFEB #C2F7F4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#56E8E2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.04
#56E8E2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #56E8E2
14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##56E8E2 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##56E8E2 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 14.04 | 14.04 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBDDE2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5CCE3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00EEE6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #56e8e2; /* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 232, 226); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.123 191.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#96f0eb',
500: '#56e8e2',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #56e8e2; $custom-light: #96f0eb; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#56e8e2",
"rgb": {
"r": 86,
"g": 232,
"b": 226
},
"hsl": {
"h": 177.534,
"s": 76.042,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85224,
"c": 0.12336,
"h": 191.2
},
"luminance": 0.65183
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#56E8E2
secondary
#AD353A
accent
#0D16D8
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFD
border
#CFD6D5
text
#0F1616
muted
#808584