#56B1BC#56B1BC

#56B1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.088 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56B1BC
RGBrgb(86, 177, 188)
HSLhsl(186, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(186, 54%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(54.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.32, -23.93, -13.89)
CIE-LCHlch(67.32, 27.67, 210.12°)
OKLaboklab(70.91% -0.079 -0.0384)
OKLCHoklch(70.91% 0.088 205.9)
XYZxyz(28.6333, 37.0509, 53.2098)
Luminance0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56B1BC #BC6156
analogous
#56BC94 #56B1BC #567EBC
triadic
#56B1BC #BC56B1 #B1BC56
tetradic
#56B1BC #9456BC #BC6156 #7EBC56
square
#56B1BC #9456BC #BC6156 #7EBC56
split-complementary
#56B1BC #BC567E #BC9456
monochromatic
#2B656D #3C8E98 #56B1BC #82C5CD #AED9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#56B1BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41
#56B1BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1BC
8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56B1BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56B1BC1.002.508.418.41
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4121.001.001.00
##0000008.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5ABBD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#949FBC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56b1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.088 205.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8d0',
    500: '#56b1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56b1bc;
$custom-light: #8ec8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56b1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.471,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70905,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56B1BC
secondary
#CDA6A1
accent
#6255D3
background
#F9FCFC
surface
#F1F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0D1314
muted
#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1BC

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#56B1BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva