#56BBCC#56BBCC

#56BBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.096 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBCC
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -24.43, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 30.02, 215.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0834 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.096 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5027, 41.8755, 63.4849)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBCC #CC6756

analogous

#56CCA2 #56BBCC #5680CC

triadic

#56BBCC #CC56BB #BBCC56

tetradic

#56BBCC #A256CC #CC6756 #80CC56

square

#56BBCC #A256CC #CC6756 #80CC56

split-complementary

#56BBCC #CC5680 #CCA256

monochromatic

#277481 #359EB0 #56BBCC #85CEDA #B4E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#56BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBCC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBCC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.096 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfdb',
    500: '#56bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbcc;
$custom-light: #90cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.644,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73867,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBCC

secondary

#D7AEA7

accent

#604BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBCC

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

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