#56BBCB#56BBCB

#56BBCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBCB
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -24.71, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 29.97, 214.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0838 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.096 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3832, 41.8277, 62.8553)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBCB #CB6656

analogous

#56CBA1 #56BBCB #5681CB

triadic

#56BBCB #CB56BB #BBCB56

tetradic

#56BBCB #A156CB #CB6656 #81CB56

square

#56BBCB #A156CB #CB6656 #81CB56

split-complementary

#56BBCB #CB5681 #CBA156

monochromatic

#27737F #369EAE #56BBCB #85CED9 #B4E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#56BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBCB

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBCB	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 209.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.205,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7383,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBCB

secondary

#D6ADA6

accent

#5F4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBCB

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

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