#56BBC4#56BBC4

#56BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.094 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBC4
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -26.69, -13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 29.90, 206.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0867 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.094 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5678, 41.5015, 58.5608)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBC4 #C45F56

analogous

#56C496 #56BBC4 #5684C4

triadic

#56BBC4 #C456BB #BBC456

tetradic

#56BBC4 #9656C4 #C45F56 #84C456

square

#56BBC4 #9656C4 #C45F56 #84C456

split-complementary

#56BBC4 #C45684 #C49656

monochromatic

#297076 #399BA4 #56BBC4 #83CDD4 #B1E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#56BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#56BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBC4

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBC4	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.094 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfd5',
    500: '#56bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbc4;
$custom-light: #90cfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.909,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73573,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBC4

secondary

#D2A8A4

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBC4

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

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