#56BCBF#56BCBF

#56BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.095 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCBF
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -28.57, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 30.44, 200.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0899 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.095 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2210, 41.7034, 55.6843)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCBF #BF5956

analogous

#56BF8E #56BCBF #5688BF

triadic

#56BCBF #BF56BC #BCBF56

tetradic

#56BCBF #8E56BF #BF5956 #88BF56

square

#56BCBF #8E56BF #BF5956 #88BF56

split-complementary

#56BCBF #BF5688 #BF8E56

monochromatic

#2A6E70 #3B9A9D #56BCBF #82CED0 #AFDFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#56BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCBF

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCBF	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.095 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0d2',
    500: '#56bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcbf;
$custom-light: #8fd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCBF

secondary

#CFA3A2

accent

#5753D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCBF

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

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