#56E9E5#56E9E5

#56E9E5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.124 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56E9E5
RGBrgb(86, 233, 229)
HSLhsl(178, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(178, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 0%, 1.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(84.95, -39.42, -9.63)
CIE-LCHlch(84.95, 40.58, 193.73°)
OKLaboklab(85.56% -0.1207 -0.0268)
OKLCHoklch(85.56% 0.124 192.5)
XYZxyz(47.1132, 65.9082, 84.3522)
Luminance0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56E9E5 #E9565A
analogous
#56E99B #56E9E5 #56A4E9
triadic
#56E9E5 #E556E9 #E9E556
tetradic
#56E9E5 #9B56E9 #E9565A #A4E956
square
#56E9E5 #9B56E9 #E9565A #A4E956
split-complementary
#56E9E5 #E956A4 #E99B56
monochromatic
#17AEAA #20E2DD #56E9E5 #8CF0ED #C2F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48
#56E9E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18
#56E9E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E9E5
14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56E9E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56E9E51.001.4814.1814.18
#FFFFFF1.481.0021.0021.00
#00000014.1821.001.001.00
##00000014.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBDEE5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5CDE6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00EFE7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56e9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 233, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.124 192.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0ed',
    500: '#56e9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56e9e5;
$custom-light: #97f0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56e9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.367,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85556,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56E9E5
secondary
#AF3438
accent
#0C12D9
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFD
border
#CFD6D5
text
#0F1616
muted
#808584

Preview Lab

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#56E9E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva