#56E8EA#56E8EA

#56E8EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.123 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E8EA
RGB	rgb(86, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(181, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -37.61, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 39.63, 198.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.1176 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.123 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5391, 65.6269, 87.9878)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E8EA #EA5856

analogous

#56EAA2 #56E8EA #569EEA

triadic

#56E8EA #EA56E8 #E8EA56

tetradic

#56E8EA #A256EA #EA5856 #9EEA56

square

#56E8EA #A256EA #EA5856 #9EEA56

split-complementary

#56E8EA #EA569E #EAA256

monochromatic

#16AEB0 #20E1E3 #56E8EA #8CEFF1 #C3F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#56E8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#56E8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E8EA

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E8EA	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.123 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f0',
    500: '#56e8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e8ea;
$custom-light: #97f0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.811,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85487,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E8EA

secondary

#B03634

accent

#0E0BDA

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E8EA

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

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