#56BBC0#56BBC0

#56BBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.094 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBC0
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 192)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -27.81, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 30.07, 202.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0884 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.094 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1185, 41.3218, 56.1949)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBC0 #C05B56

analogous

#56C090 #56BBC0 #5686C0

triadic

#56BBC0 #C056BB #BBC056

tetradic

#56BBC0 #9056C0 #C05B56 #86C056

square

#56BBC0 #9056C0 #C05B56 #86C056

split-complementary

#56BBC0 #C05686 #C09056

monochromatic

#2A6E71 #3B999E #56BBC0 #83CDD1 #AFDFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#56BBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#56BBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBC0

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBC0	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.094 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfd3',
    500: '#56bbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbc0;
$custom-light: #8fcfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.83,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73431,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBC0

secondary

#CFA5A2

accent

#5952D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBC0

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

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