#56AEBD#56AEBD

#56AEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.087 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEBD
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -22.13, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 27.15, 215.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0752 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.087 210)
XYZ	xyz(28.1554, 35.9220, 53.5841)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEBD #BD6556

analogous

#56BD99 #56AEBD #567BBD

triadic

#56AEBD #BD56AE #AEBD56

tetradic

#56AEBD #9956BD #BD6556 #7BBD56

square

#56AEBD #9956BD #BD6556 #7BBD56

split-complementary

#56AEBD #BD567B #BD9956

monochromatic

#2B646E #3C8C9A #56AEBD #82C3CE #AED8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#56AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#56AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEBD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEBD	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.087 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6d0',
    500: '#56aebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aebd;
$custom-light: #8ec6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.738,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7023,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.35925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEBD

secondary

#CDA8A1

accent

#6754D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEBD

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