#56E9EF#56E9EF

#56E9EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.123 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E9EF
RGB	rgb(86, 233, 239)
HSL	hsl(182, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -36.70, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 39.45, 201.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.1166 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.123 199)
XYZ	xyz(48.5498, 66.4829, 91.9184)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E9EF #EF5C56

analogous

#56EFA8 #56E9EF #569CEF

triadic

#56E9EF #EF56E9 #E9EF56

tetradic

#56E9EF #A856EF #EF5C56 #9CEF56

square

#56E9EF #A856EF #EF5C56 #9CEF56

split-complementary

#56E9EF #EF569C #EFA856

monochromatic

#12B3B9 #1EE2EA #56E9EF #8EF0F4 #C6F8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#56E9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#56E9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E9EF

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E9EF	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CEF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 233, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.123 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f4',
    500: '#56e9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e9ef;
$custom-light: #97f0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8589,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.66488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E9EF

secondary

#B83631

accent

#0F06DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E9EF

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

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