#56BCB0#56BCB0

#56BCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.097 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCB0
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -32.56, -2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 32.69, 185.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0964 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.097 185)
XYZ	xyz(29.6541, 41.0767, 47.4317)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCB0 #BC5662

analogous

#56BC7D #56BCB0 #5695BC

triadic

#56BCB0 #B056BC #BCB056

tetradic

#56BCB0 #7D56BC #BC5662 #95BC56

square

#56BCB0 #7D56BC #BC5662 #95BC56

split-complementary

#56BCB0 #BC5695 #BC7D56

monochromatic

#2B6D65 #3C988E #56BCB0 #82CDC4 #AEDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56BCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#56BCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCB0

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCB0	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.097 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0c7',
    500: '#56bcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcb0;
$custom-light: #8fd0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73137,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.41079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCB0

secondary

#CDA1A6

accent

#5564D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCB0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →