#56BBCA#56BBCA

#56BBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBCA
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -25.00, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 29.93, 213.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0842 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.096 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2644, 41.7802, 62.2297)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBCA #CA6556

analogous

#56CA9F #56BBCA #5681CA

triadic

#56BBCA #CA56BB #BBCA56

tetradic

#56BBCA #9F56CA #CA6556 #81CA56

square

#56BBCA #9F56CA #CA6556 #81CA56

split-complementary

#56BBCA #CA5681 #CA9F56

monochromatic

#28737E #369DAD #56BBCA #85CED9 #B3E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#56BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBCA

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBCA	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfda',
    500: '#56bbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbca;
$custom-light: #90cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.759,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73792,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBCA

secondary

#D6ACA6

accent

#5F4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBCA

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

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