#56B1BF#56B1BF

#56B1BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.089 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1BF
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -23.09, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 27.75, 213.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0778 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.089 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9601, 37.1816, 54.9307)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1BF #BF6456

analogous

#56BF99 #56B1BF #567DBF

triadic

#56B1BF #BF56B1 #B1BF56

tetradic

#56B1BF #9956BF #BF6456 #7DBF56

square

#56B1BF #9956BF #BF6456 #7DBF56

split-complementary

#56B1BF #BF567D #BF9956

monochromatic

#2A6770 #3B909D #56B1BF #82C5D0 #AFDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56B1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#56B1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1BF

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1BF	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.089 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8d2',
    500: '#56b1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1bf;
$custom-light: #8fc8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71016,
    "c": 0.08866,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1BF

secondary

#CFA8A2

accent

#6453D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1BF

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

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