#56E9E4#56E9E4

#56E9E4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.124 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56E9E4
RGBrgb(86, 233, 228)
HSLhsl(178, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(178, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(84.92, -39.69, -9.15)
CIE-LCHlch(84.92, 40.73, 192.98°)
OKLaboklab(85.52% -0.1211 -0.0255)
OKLCHoklch(85.52% 0.124 191.9)
XYZxyz(46.9740, 65.8525, 83.6189)
Luminance0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56E9E4 #E9565B
analogous
#56E99A #56E9E4 #56A5E9
triadic
#56E9E4 #E456E9 #E9E456
tetradic
#56E9E4 #9A56E9 #E9565B #A5E956
square
#56E9E4 #9A56E9 #E9565B #A5E956
split-complementary
#56E9E4 #E956A5 #E99A56
monochromatic
#17AEA9 #20E2DB #56E9E4 #8CF0ED #C2F7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48
#56E9E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17
#56E9E4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E9E4
14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56E9E4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56E9E41.001.4814.1714.17
#FFFFFF1.481.0021.0021.00
#00000014.1721.001.001.00
##00000014.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCDEE4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5CDE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00EFE7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56e9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 233, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.124 191.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0ec',
    500: '#56e9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56e9e4;
$custom-light: #97f0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56e9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.959,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85523,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56E9E4
secondary
#AF3439
accent
#0C13D9
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFD
border
#CFD6D5
text
#0F1716
muted
#808584

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#56E9E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva