#56B8BB#56B8BB

#56B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.092 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8BB
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -27.70, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 29.55, 200.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0872 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.092 198)
XYZ	xyz(29.9442, 39.8444, 53.1168)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8BB #BB5956

analogous

#56BB8B #56B8BB #5685BB

triadic

#56B8BB #BB56B8 #B8BB56

tetradic

#56B8BB #8B56BB #BB5956 #85BB56

square

#56B8BB #8B56BB #BB5956 #85BB56

split-complementary

#56B8BB #BB5685 #BB8B56

monochromatic

#2B696B #3D9497 #56B8BB #82CACD #ADDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#56B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8BB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8BB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.092 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdcf',
    500: '#56b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8bb;
$custom-light: #8fcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.782,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7254,
    "c": 0.09172,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.39847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8BB

secondary

#CCA2A1

accent

#5955D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8BB

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

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