#56ABB5#56ABB5

#56ABB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.083 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABB5
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -22.85, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 26.30, 209.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0751 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.083 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7378, 34.4380, 48.9453)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABB5 #B56056

analogous

#56B590 #56ABB5 #567BB5

triadic

#56ABB5 #B556AB #ABB556

tetradic

#56ABB5 #9056B5 #B56056 #7BB556

square

#56ABB5 #9056B5 #B56056 #7BB556

split-complementary

#56ABB5 #B5567B #B59056

monochromatic

#2C5F65 #3F878F #56ABB5 #81C0C8 #ABD5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#56ABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#56ABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABB5

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABB5	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA5B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AB1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.083 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4cb',
    500: '#56abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abb5;
$custom-light: #8dc4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.08331,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABB5

secondary

#C8A39F

accent

#6559CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABB5

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

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