#56B5BE#56B5BE

#56B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.090 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5BE
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -25.39, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 28.57, 207.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0826 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.09 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6521, 38.7411, 54.6203)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5BE #BE5F56

analogous

#56BE93 #56B5BE #5681BE

triadic

#56B5BE #BE56B5 #B5BE56

tetradic

#56B5BE #9356BE #BE5F56 #81BE56

square

#56B5BE #9356BE #BE5F56 #81BE56

split-complementary

#56B5BE #BE5681 #BE9356

monochromatic

#2B696F #3C939B #56B5BE #82C8CF #AEDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#56B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5BE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5BE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.090 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbd1',
    500: '#56b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5be;
$custom-light: #8fcbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.192,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7193,
    "c": 0.09022,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5BE

secondary

#CEA6A2

accent

#5F54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5BE

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

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