#56B2BF#56B2BF

#56B2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.089 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2BF
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -23.59, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 27.93, 212.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0789 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.089 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1583, 37.5781, 54.9968)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2BF #BF6356

analogous

#56BF98 #56B2BF #567EBF

triadic

#56B2BF #BF56B2 #B2BF56

tetradic

#56B2BF #9856BF #BF6356 #7EBF56

square

#56B2BF #9856BF #BF6356 #7EBF56

split-complementary

#56B2BF #BF567E #BF9856

monochromatic

#2A6870 #3B909D #56B2BF #82C6D0 #AFDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#56B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2BF

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2BF	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.089 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9d2',
    500: '#56b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2bf;
$custom-light: #8fc9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71254,
    "c": 0.08906,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2BF

secondary

#CFA8A2

accent

#6353D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2BF

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