#56BBC8#56BBC8

#56BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.095 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBC8
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -25.57, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 29.88, 211.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0851 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.095 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0291, 41.6861, 60.9907)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBC8 #C86356

analogous

#56C89C #56BBC8 #5682C8

triadic

#56BBC8 #C856BB #BBC856

tetradic

#56BBC8 #9C56C8 #C86356 #82C856

square

#56BBC8 #9C56C8 #C86356 #82C856

split-complementary

#56BBC8 #C85682 #C89C56

monochromatic

#28727B #379DAA #56BBC8 #84CED7 #B2E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#56BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBC8

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBC8	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.095 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfd8',
    500: '#56bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbc8;
$custom-light: #90cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.842,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73718,
    "c": 0.09522,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBC8

secondary

#D4ABA5

accent

#5D4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBC8

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

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