#56B8BF#56B8BF

#56B8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.092 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8BF
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -26.60, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 29.30, 204.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0855 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.092 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3783, 40.0181, 55.4035)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8BF #BF5D56

analogous

#56BF92 #56B8BF #5684BF

triadic

#56B8BF #BF56B8 #B8BF56

tetradic

#56B8BF #9256BF #BF5D56 #84BF56

square

#56B8BF #9256BF #BF5D56 #84BF56

split-complementary

#56B8BF #BF5684 #BF9256

monochromatic

#2A6B70 #3B969D #56B8BF #82CBD0 #AFDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#56B8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#56B8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8BF

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8BF	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)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.092 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdd2',
    500: '#56b8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8bf;
$custom-light: #8fcdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8BF

secondary

#CFA5A2

accent

#5C53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8BF

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

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