#56E9EE#56E9EE

#56E9EE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.123 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E9EE
RGB	rgb(86, 233, 238)
HSL	hsl(182, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -36.98, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 39.53, 200.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.117 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.123 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4025, 66.4240, 91.1425)
Luminance	0.6643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E9EE #EE5B56

analogous

#56EEA7 #56E9EE #569DEE

triadic

#56E9EE #EE56E9 #E9EE56

tetradic

#56E9EE #A756EE #EE5B56 #9DEE56

square

#56E9EE #A756EE #EE5B56 #9DEE56

split-complementary

#56E9EE #EE569D #EEA756

monochromatic

#12B2B7 #1EE2E8 #56E9EE #8EF0F4 #C5F7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#56E9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#56E9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E9EE

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E9EE	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 233, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.123 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f3',
    500: '#56e9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e9ee;
$custom-light: #97f0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.974,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85856,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E9EE

secondary

#B73632

accent

#0E07DE

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E9EE

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

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