#56ABB8#56ABB8

#56ABB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.084 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABB8
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 184)
HSL	hsl(188, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -22.01, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 26.38, 213.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0739 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.084 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0489, 34.5625, 50.5839)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABB8 #B86356

analogous

#56B894 #56ABB8 #567AB8

triadic

#56ABB8 #B856AB #ABB856

tetradic

#56ABB8 #9456B8 #B86356 #7AB856

square

#56ABB8 #9456B8 #B86356 #7AB856

split-complementary

#56ABB8 #B8567A #B89456

monochromatic

#2C6068 #3E8893 #56ABB8 #81C0CA #ACD6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#56ABB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#56ABB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABB8

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABB8	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.084 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4cd',
    500: '#56abb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abb8;
$custom-light: #8ec4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.959,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69329,
    "c": 0.08412,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABB8

secondary

#CAA5A0

accent

#6757D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABB8

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

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