#56B2BB#56B2BB

#56B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.088 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2BB
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -24.72, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 27.90, 207.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0805 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.088 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7241, 37.4044, 52.7101)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2BB #BB5F56

analogous

#56BB91 #56B2BB #567FBB

triadic

#56B2BB #BB56B2 #B2BB56

tetradic

#56B2BB #9156BB #BB5F56 #7FBB56

square

#56B2BB #9156BB #BB5F56 #7FBB56

split-complementary

#56B2BB #BB567F #BB9156

monochromatic

#2B666B #3D8F97 #56B2BB #82C6CD #ADDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#56B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#56B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2BB

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2BB	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.088 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9cf',
    500: '#56b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2bb;
$custom-light: #8ec9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.347,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71107,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2BB

secondary

#CCA5A1

accent

#6155D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2BB

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

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