#56B9BE#56B9BE

#56B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.093 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B9BE
RGB	rgb(86, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -27.37, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 29.63, 202.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.087 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.093 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4771, 40.3911, 54.8954)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B9BE #BE5B56

analogous

#56BE8F #56B9BE #5685BE

triadic

#56B9BE #BE56B9 #B9BE56

tetradic

#56B9BE #8F56BE #BE5B56 #85BE56

square

#56B9BE #8F56BE #BE5B56 #85BE56

split-complementary

#56B9BE #BE5685 #BE8F56

monochromatic

#2B6C6F #3C979B #56B9BE #82CBCF #AEDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#56B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#56B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B9BE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B9BE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.093 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fced1',
    500: '#56b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b9be;
$custom-light: #8fced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.885,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B9BE

secondary

#CEA4A2

accent

#5A54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B9BE

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

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