#56BBCE#56BBCE

#56BBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBCE
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -23.85, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 30.15, 217.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0826 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.097 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7441, 41.9721, 64.7564)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBCE #CE6956

analogous

#56CEA5 #56BBCE #567FCE

triadic

#56BBCE #CE56BB #BBCE56

tetradic

#56BBCE #A556CE #CE6956 #7FCE56

square

#56BBCE #A556CE #CE6956 #7FCE56

split-complementary

#56BBCE #CE567F #CEA556

monochromatic

#267583 #349FB3 #56BBCE #85CEDC #B5E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#56BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBCE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBCE	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfdd',
    500: '#56bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbce;
$custom-light: #91cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73943,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBCE

secondary

#D8AFA8

accent

#6149DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBCE

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

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