#56B4BB#56B4BB

#56B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.089 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4BB
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -25.72, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 28.40, 205.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0828 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.089 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1250, 38.2061, 52.8437)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4BB #BB5D56

analogous

#56BB8F #56B4BB #5681BB

triadic

#56B4BB #BB56B4 #B4BB56

tetradic

#56B4BB #8F56BB #BB5D56 #81BB56

square

#56B4BB #8F56BB #BB5D56 #81BB56

split-complementary

#56B4BB #BB5681 #BB8F56

monochromatic

#2B676B #3D9197 #56B4BB #82C7CD #ADDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#56B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4BB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4BB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.089 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecacf',
    500: '#56b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4bb;
$custom-light: #8ecacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.158,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71584,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4BB

secondary

#CCA4A1

accent

#5E55D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4BB

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

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