#56BDBA#56BDBA

#56BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.095 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDBA
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -30.41, -7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 31.34, 193.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0931 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.095 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8945, 41.9158, 52.9073)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDBA #BD5659

analogous

#56BD87 #56BDBA #568DBD

triadic

#56BDBA #BA56BD #BDBA56

tetradic

#56BDBA #8756BD #BD5659 #8DBD56

square

#56BDBA #8756BD #BD5659 #8DBD56

split-complementary

#56BDBA #BD568D #BD8756

monochromatic

#2B6E6C #3C9A97 #56BDBA #82CECC #AEDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#56BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDBA

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDBA	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.095 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1ce',
    500: '#56bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdba;
$custom-light: #8fd1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.252,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73703,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDBA

secondary

#CDA1A3

accent

#5458D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDBA

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

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