#56BCB2#56BCB2

#56BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.096 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCB2
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -32.04, -3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 32.29, 187.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0955 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.096 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8534, 41.1564, 48.4816)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCB2 #BC5660

analogous

#56BC7F #56BCB2 #5693BC

triadic

#56BCB2 #B256BC #BCB256

tetradic

#56BCB2 #7F56BC #BC5660 #93BC56

square

#56BCB2 #7F56BC #BC5660 #93BC56

split-complementary

#56BCB2 #BC5693 #BC7F56

monochromatic

#2B6D66 #3C988F #56BCB2 #82CDC6 #AEDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#56BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#56BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCB2

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCB2	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.096 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0c9',
    500: '#56bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcb2;
$custom-light: #8fd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.118,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.732,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCB2

secondary

#CDA1A5

accent

#5561D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCB2

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

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