#56B3BB#56B3BB

#56B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.089 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3BB
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -25.22, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 28.15, 206.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0816 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.089 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9238, 37.8038, 52.7767)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3BB #BB5E56

analogous

#56BB90 #56B3BB #5680BB

triadic

#56B3BB #BB56B3 #B3BB56

tetradic

#56B3BB #9056BB #BB5E56 #80BB56

square

#56B3BB #9056BB #BB5E56 #80BB56

split-complementary

#56B3BB #BB5680 #BB9056

monochromatic

#2B666B #3D9097 #56B3BB #82C7CD #ADDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#56B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#56B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3BB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3BB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.089 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecacf',
    500: '#56b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3bb;
$custom-light: #8ecacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.752,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71345,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3BB

secondary

#CCA4A1

accent

#5F55D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3BB

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

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