#56B3C2#56B3C2

#56B3C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.090 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3C2
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 194)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -23.25, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 28.23, 214.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0788 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.09 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6915, 38.1108, 56.8199)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3C2 #C26556

analogous

#56C29B #56B3C2 #567DC2

triadic

#56B3C2 #C256B3 #B3C256

tetradic

#56B3C2 #9B56C2 #C26556 #7DC256

square

#56B3C2 #9B56C2 #C26556 #7DC256

split-complementary

#56B3C2 #C2567D #C29B56

monochromatic

#2A6A74 #3A93A1 #56B3C2 #83C7D2 #B0DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56B3C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#56B3C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3C2

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3C2	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.090 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcad4',
    500: '#56b3c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3c2;
$custom-light: #8fcad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71603,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3C2

secondary

#D1A9A3

accent

#6451D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3C2

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

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