#56B7BF#56B7BF

#56B7BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.091 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7BF
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -26.10, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 29.04, 206.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0844 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.091 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1713, 39.6041, 55.3345)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7BF #BF5E56

analogous

#56BF92 #56B7BF #5683BF

triadic

#56B7BF #BF56B7 #B7BF56

tetradic

#56B7BF #9256BF #BF5E56 #83BF56

square

#56B7BF #9256BF #BF5E56 #83BF56

split-complementary

#56B7BF #BF5683 #BF9256

monochromatic

#2A6B70 #3B959D #56B7BF #82CAD0 #AFDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#56B7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#56B7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7BF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7BF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.091 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdd2',
    500: '#56b7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7bf;
$custom-light: #8fcdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72442,
    "c": 0.09146,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7BF

secondary

#CFA6A2

accent

#5D53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7BF

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

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