#56B4BC#56B4BC

#56B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.089 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4BC
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -25.44, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 28.37, 206.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0824 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.089 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2324, 38.2490, 53.4095)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4BC #BC5E56

analogous

#56BC91 #56B4BC #5681BC

triadic

#56B4BC #BC56B4 #B4BC56

tetradic

#56B4BC #9156BC #BC5E56 #81BC56

square

#56B4BC #9156BC #BC5E56 #81BC56

split-complementary

#56B4BC #BC5681 #BC9156

monochromatic

#2B676D #3C9198 #56B4BC #82C7CD #AEDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#56B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4BC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4BC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.089 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcad0',
    500: '#56b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4bc;
$custom-light: #8fcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7162,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4BC

secondary

#CDA5A1

accent

#5F55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4BC

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

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