#56B3BC#56B3BC

#56B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.089 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3BC
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -24.94, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 28.13, 207.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0812 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.089 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0313, 37.8467, 53.3424)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3BC #BC5F56

analogous

#56BC92 #56B3BC #5680BC

triadic

#56B3BC #BC56B3 #B3BC56

tetradic

#56B3BC #9256BC #BC5F56 #80BC56

square

#56B3BC #9256BC #BC5F56 #80BC56

split-complementary

#56B3BC #BC5680 #BC9256

monochromatic

#2B676D #3C9098 #56B3BC #82C7CD #AEDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#56B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#56B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3BC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3BC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.089 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecad0',
    500: '#56b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3bc;
$custom-light: #8ecad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71381,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3BC

secondary

#CDA5A1

accent

#6055D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3BC

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

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