#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
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -23.93, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 27.67, 210.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.079 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.088 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6333, 37.0509, 53.2098)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##56B1BC	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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