#56B5BB#56B5BB

#56B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.090 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5BB
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -26.22, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 28.67, 203.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0839 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.09 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3276, 38.6113, 52.9113)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5BB #BB5C56

analogous

#56BB8E #56B5BB #5682BB

triadic

#56B5BB #BB56B5 #B5BB56

tetradic

#56B5BB #8E56BB #BB5C56 #82BB56

square

#56B5BB #8E56BB #BB5C56 #82BB56

split-complementary

#56B5BB #BB5682 #BB8E56

monochromatic

#2B686B #3D9297 #56B5BB #82C8CD #ADDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#56B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#56B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5BB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5BB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.090 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbcf',
    500: '#56b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5bb;
$custom-light: #8fcbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.564,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71823,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5BB

secondary

#CCA3A1

accent

#5D55D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5BB

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

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