#56BCBA#56BCBA

#56BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCBA
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -29.93, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 30.98, 194.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0921 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.095 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6802, 41.4871, 52.8358)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCBA #BC5658

analogous

#56BC87 #56BCBA #568BBC

triadic

#56BCBA #BA56BC #BCBA56

tetradic

#56BCBA #8756BC #BC5658 #8BBC56

square

#56BCBA #8756BC #BC5658 #8BBC56

split-complementary

#56BCBA #BC568B #BC8756

monochromatic

#2B6D6B #3C9897 #56BCBA #82CDCC #AEDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#56BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#56BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCBA

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCBA	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0ce',
    500: '#56bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcba;
$custom-light: #8fd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.824,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73463,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCBA

secondary

#CDA1A2

accent

#5557D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCBA

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

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