#56AFBE#56AFBE

#56AFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.088 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFBE
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -22.35, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 27.36, 215.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0759 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.088 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4583, 36.3534, 54.2224)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFBE #BE6556

analogous

#56BE99 #56AFBE #567BBE

triadic

#56AFBE #BE56AF #AFBE56

tetradic

#56AFBE #9956BE #BE6556 #7BBE56

square

#56AFBE #9956BE #BE6556 #7BBE56

split-complementary

#56AFBE #BE567B #BE9956

monochromatic

#2B656F #3C8D9B #56AFBE #82C4CF #AED9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#56AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFBE

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFBE	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.088 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7d1',
    500: '#56afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afbe;
$custom-light: #8ec7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.654,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70504,
    "c": 0.0876,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFBE

secondary

#CEA8A2

accent

#6654D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFBE

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

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