#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
RGBrgb(86, 233, 239)
HSLhsl(182, 83%, 64%)
HSVhsv(182, 64%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(64%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(85.24, -36.70, -14.47)
CIE-LCHlch(85.24, 39.45, 201.51°)
OKLaboklab(85.89% -0.1166 -0.0401)
OKLCHoklch(85.89% 0.123 199)
XYZxyz(48.5498, 66.4829, 91.9184)
Luminance0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##56E9EF1.001.4714.3014.30
#FFFFFF1.471.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3021.001.001.00
##00000014.3021.001.001.00

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

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#56E9EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva