#56BDB2#56BDB2

#56BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDB2
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -32.52, -3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 32.71, 186.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0966 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.097 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0678, 41.5851, 48.5530)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDB2 #BD5661

analogous

#56BD7F #56BDB2 #5695BD

triadic

#56BDB2 #B256BD #BDB256

tetradic

#56BDB2 #7F56BD #BD5661 #95BD56

square

#56BDB2 #7F56BD #BD5661 #95BD56

split-complementary

#56BDB2 #BD5695 #BD7F56

monochromatic

#2B6E67 #3C9A90 #56BDB2 #82CEC6 #AEDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#56BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDB2

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDB2	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)

#B4B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1c9',
    500: '#56bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdb2;
$custom-light: #8fd1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.592,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDB2

secondary

#CDA1A6

accent

#5462D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDB2

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

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