#56AFBC#56AFBC

#56AFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.087 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFBC
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -22.92, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 27.27, 212.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0768 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.087 208)
XYZ	xyz(28.2412, 36.2666, 53.0791)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFBC #BC6356

analogous

#56BC96 #56AFBC #567CBC

triadic

#56AFBC #BC56AF #AFBC56

tetradic

#56AFBC #9656BC #BC6356 #7CBC56

square

#56AFBC #9656BC #BC6356 #7CBC56

split-complementary

#56AFBC #BC567C #BC9656

monochromatic

#2B646D #3C8D98 #56AFBC #82C4CD #AED8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#56AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFBC

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFBC	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.087 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7d0',
    500: '#56afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afbc;
$custom-light: #8ec7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.647,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7043,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.36269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFBC

secondary

#CDA7A1

accent

#6555D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFBC

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

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