#56BBCD#56BBCD

#56BBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBCD
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -24.14, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 30.08, 216.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.083 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.097 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6230, 41.9236, 64.1186)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBCD #CD6856

analogous

#56CDA4 #56BBCD #567FCD

triadic

#56BBCD #CD56BB #BBCD56

tetradic

#56BBCD #A456CD #CD6856 #7FCD56

square

#56BBCD #A456CD #CD6856 #7FCD56

split-complementary

#56BBCD #CD567F #CDA456

monochromatic

#267482 #349EB1 #56BBCD #85CEDB #B4E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#56BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBCD

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBCD	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfdc',
    500: '#56bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbcd;
$custom-light: #90cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.076,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73905,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBCD

secondary

#D8AFA7

accent

#604ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBCD

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

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