#56B7BB#56B7BB

#56B7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.091 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7BB
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -27.21, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 29.24, 201.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0861 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.091 199)
XYZ	xyz(29.7372, 39.4304, 53.0478)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7BB #BB5A56

analogous

#56BB8C #56B7BB #5684BB

triadic

#56B7BB #BB56B7 #B7BB56

tetradic

#56B7BB #8C56BB #BB5A56 #84BB56

square

#56B7BB #8C56BB #BB5A56 #84BB56

split-complementary

#56B7BB #BB5684 #BB8C56

monochromatic

#2B696B #3D9397 #56B7BB #82CACD #ADDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#56B7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#56B7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7BB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7BB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.091 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdcf',
    500: '#56b7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7bb;
$custom-light: #8fcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.376,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.723,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.39433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7BB

secondary

#CCA2A1

accent

#5A55D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7BB

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

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