#56BBB3#56BBB3

#56BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.095 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBB3
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -31.30, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 31.69, 188.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.094 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.095 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7413, 40.7709, 48.9413)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBB3 #BB565E

analogous

#56BB80 #56BBB3 #5690BB

triadic

#56BBB3 #B356BB #BBB356

tetradic

#56BBB3 #8056BB #BB565E #90BB56

square

#56BBB3 #8056BB #BB565E #90BB56

split-complementary

#56BBB3 #BB5690 #BB8056

monochromatic

#2B6B66 #3D9790 #56BBB3 #82CDC7 #ADDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#56BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#56BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBB3

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBB3	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.095 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0c9',
    500: '#56bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbb3;
$custom-light: #8fd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.248,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72991,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBB3

secondary

#CCA1A4

accent

#555FD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBB3

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

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