#56BCBC#56BCBC

#56BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCBC
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -29.39, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 30.74, 197.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0912 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.095 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8943, 41.5727, 53.9634)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCBC #BC5656

analogous

#56BC89 #56BCBC #5689BC

triadic

#56BCBC #BC56BC #BCBC56

tetradic

#56BCBC #8956BC #BC5656 #89BC56

square

#56BCBC #8956BC #BC5656 #89BC56

split-complementary

#56BCBC #BC5689 #BC8956

monochromatic

#2B6D6D #3C9898 #56BCBC #82CDCD #AEDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#56BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCBC

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCBC	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0d0',
    500: '#56bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcbc;
$custom-light: #8fd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73531,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCBC

secondary

#CDA1A1

accent

#5555D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCBC

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

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