#56B4BE#56B4BE

#56B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.090 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4BE
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -24.88, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 28.34, 208.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0815 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.09 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4495, 38.3359, 54.5528)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4BE #BE6056

analogous

#56BE94 #56B4BE #5680BE

triadic

#56B4BE #BE56B4 #B4BE56

tetradic

#56B4BE #9456BE #BE6056 #80BE56

square

#56B4BE #9456BE #BE6056 #80BE56

split-complementary

#56B4BE #BE5680 #BE9456

monochromatic

#2B686F #3C929B #56B4BE #82C8CF #AEDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#56B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#56B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4BE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4BE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.090 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcad1',
    500: '#56b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4be;
$custom-light: #8fcad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71692,
    "c": 0.08972,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4BE

secondary

#CEA6A2

accent

#6054D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4BE

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

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