#56E9EA#56E9EA

#56E9EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.123 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E9EA
RGB	rgb(86, 233, 234)
HSL	hsl(180, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -38.07, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 39.94, 197.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.1186 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.123 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8214, 66.1915, 88.0819)
Luminance	0.6620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E9EA #EA5756

analogous

#56EAA1 #56E9EA #569FEA

triadic

#56E9EA #EA56E9 #E9EA56

tetradic

#56E9EA #A156EA #EA5756 #9FEA56

square

#56E9EA #A156EA #EA5756 #9FEA56

split-complementary

#56E9EA #EA569F #EAA156

monochromatic

#16AFB0 #20E2E3 #56E9EA #8CF0F1 #C3F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#56E9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#56E9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E9EA

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E9EA	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 233, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.123 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f0',
    500: '#56e9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e9ea;
$custom-light: #97f0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.405,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85721,
    "c": 0.12327,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E9EA

secondary

#B03534

accent

#0D0BDA

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E9EA

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

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