#56BCBD#56BCBD

#56BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.095 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCBD
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -29.12, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 30.63, 198.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0908 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.095 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0024, 41.6160, 54.5331)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCBD #BD5756

analogous

#56BD8B #56BCBD #5689BD

triadic

#56BCBD #BD56BC #BCBD56

tetradic

#56BCBD #8B56BD #BD5756 #89BD56

square

#56BCBD #8B56BD #BD5756 #89BD56

split-complementary

#56BCBD #BD5689 #BD8B56

monochromatic

#2B6D6E #3C999A #56BCBD #82CDCE #AEDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#56BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCBD

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCBD	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)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.095 196.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.583,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCBD

secondary

#CDA2A1

accent

#5554D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCBD

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

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