#56BCBB#56BCBB

#56BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCBB
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -29.66, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 30.85, 196.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0916 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.095 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7868, 41.5298, 53.3977)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCBB #BC5657

analogous

#56BC88 #56BCBB #568ABC

triadic

#56BCBB #BB56BC #BCBB56

tetradic

#56BCBB #8856BC #BC5657 #8ABC56

square

#56BCBB #8856BC #BC5657 #8ABC56

split-complementary

#56BCBB #BC568A #BC8856

monochromatic

#2B6D6C #3C9897 #56BCBB #82CDCD #AEDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#56BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#56BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCBB

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCBB	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0cf',
    500: '#56bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcbb;
$custom-light: #8fd0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.412,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73497,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCBB

secondary

#CDA1A2

accent

#5556D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCBB

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

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