#56B3BF#56B3BF

#56B3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.089 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3BF
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -24.10, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 28.13, 211.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.08 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.089 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3580, 37.9774, 55.0633)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3BF #BF6256

analogous

#56BF97 #56B3BF #567FBF

triadic

#56B3BF #BF56B3 #B3BF56

tetradic

#56B3BF #9756BF #BF6256 #7FBF56

square

#56B3BF #9756BF #BF6256 #7FBF56

split-complementary

#56B3BF #BF567F #BF9756

monochromatic

#2A6870 #3B919D #56B3BF #82C7D0 #AFDBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56B3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#56B3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3BF

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3BF	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.089 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcad2',
    500: '#56b3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3bf;
$custom-light: #8fcad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71491,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3BF

secondary

#CFA7A2

accent

#6253D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3BF

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

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