#56B2BC#56B2BC

#56B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.088 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2BC
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -24.44, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 27.89, 208.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0801 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.088 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8316, 37.4474, 53.2759)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2BC #BC6056

analogous

#56BC93 #56B2BC #567FBC

triadic

#56B2BC #BC56B2 #B2BC56

tetradic

#56B2BC #9356BC #BC6056 #7FBC56

square

#56B2BC #9356BC #BC6056 #7FBC56

split-complementary

#56B2BC #BC567F #BC9356

monochromatic

#2B666D #3C8F98 #56B2BC #82C6CD #AEDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#56B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2BC

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2BC	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.088 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9d0',
    500: '#56b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2bc;
$custom-light: #8ec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.882,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71143,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2BC

secondary

#CDA5A1

accent

#6155D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2BC

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

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