#56B0BE#56B0BE

#56B0BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.088 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0BE
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -22.86, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 27.53, 213.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0771 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.088 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6536, 36.7441, 54.2875)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0BE #BE6456

analogous

#56BE98 #56B0BE #567CBE

triadic

#56B0BE #BE56B0 #B0BE56

tetradic

#56B0BE #9856BE #BE6456 #7CBE56

square

#56B0BE #9856BE #BE6456 #7CBE56

split-complementary

#56B0BE #BE567C #BE9856

monochromatic

#2B666F #3C8E9B #56B0BE #82C5CF #AED9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56B0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#56B0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0BE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0BE	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.088 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7d1',
    500: '#56b0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0be;
$custom-light: #8ec7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.077,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70742,
    "c": 0.08797,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0BE

secondary

#CEA8A2

accent

#6554D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0BE

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

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