#56E9E3#56E9E3
#56E9E3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.124 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #56E9E3 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(86, 233, 227) |
| HSL | hsl(178, 77%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(178, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.89, -39.96, -8.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.89, 40.89, 192.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.49% -0.1216 -0.0241) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.49% 0.124 191.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8356, 65.7972, 82.8900) |
| Luminance | 0.6580 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 4.22
Bright Turquoise
#0FFEF9
ΔE00 4.88
Bright Cyan
#41FDFE
ΔE00 4.90
Bright Aqua
#0BF9EA
ΔE00 4.91
Bright Light Blue
#26F7FD
ΔE00 5.01
Aqua
#00FFFF
ΔE00 5.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#56E9E3 #E9565C
analogous
#56E999 #56E9E3 #56A5E9
triadic
#56E9E3 #E356E9 #E9E356
tetradic
#56E9E3 #9956E9 #E9565C #A5E956
square
#56E9E3 #9956E9 #E9565C #A5E956
split-complementary
#56E9E3 #E956A5 #E99956
monochromatic
#17AEA8 #20E2DA #56E9E3 #8CF0EC #C2F7F5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#56E9E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.16
#56E9E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #56E9E3
14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##56E9E3 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##56E9E3 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.16 | 14.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCDEE3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5CDE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00EFE7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #56e9e3; /* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 233, 227); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.124 191.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#97f0eb',
500: '#56e9e3',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #56e9e3; $custom-light: #97f0eb; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#56e9e3",
"rgb": {
"r": 86,
"g": 233,
"b": 227
},
"hsl": {
"h": 177.551,
"s": 76.963,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85491,
"c": 0.12396,
"h": 191.2
},
"luminance": 0.65802
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#56E9E3
secondary
#AF3439
accent
#0C15D9
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFD
border
#CFD6D5
text
#0F1716
muted
#808584