#56BCBE#56BCBE

#56BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.094 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCBE
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -28.84, -10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 30.53, 199.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0903 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.094 197)
XYZ	xyz(31.1113, 41.6596, 55.1068)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCBE #BE5856

analogous

#56BE8C #56BCBE #5688BE

triadic

#56BCBE #BE56BC #BCBE56

tetradic

#56BCBE #8C56BE #BE5856 #88BE56

square

#56BCBE #8C56BE #BE5856 #88BE56

split-complementary

#56BCBE #BE5688 #BE8C56

monochromatic

#2B6E6F #3C999B #56BCBE #82CECF #AEDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#56BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCBE

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCBE	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.094 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0d1',
    500: '#56bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcbe;
$custom-light: #8fd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.736,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.41663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCBE

secondary

#CEA3A2

accent

#5654D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCBE

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

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