#56B8BE#56B8BE

#56B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.092 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8BE
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -26.88, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 29.35, 203.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0859 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.092 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2687, 39.9742, 54.8259)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8BE #BE5C56

analogous

#56BE90 #56B8BE #5684BE

triadic

#56B8BE #BE56B8 #B8BE56

tetradic

#56B8BE #9056BE #BE5C56 #84BE56

square

#56B8BE #9056BE #BE5C56 #84BE56

split-complementary

#56B8BE #BE5684 #BE9056

monochromatic

#2B6B6F #3C969B #56B8BE #82CBCF #AEDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#56B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#56B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8BE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8BE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.092 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdd1',
    500: '#56b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8be;
$custom-light: #8fcdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.462,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72645,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8BE

secondary

#CEA4A2

accent

#5B54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8BE

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

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