#56BDBE#56BDBE

#56BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.095 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDBE
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -29.33, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 30.85, 198.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0914 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.095 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3257, 42.0883, 55.1782)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDBE #BE5756

analogous

#56BE8B #56BDBE #5689BE

triadic

#56BDBE #BE56BD #BDBE56

tetradic

#56BDBE #8B56BE #BE5756 #89BE56

square

#56BDBE #8B56BE #BE5756 #89BE56

split-complementary

#56BDBE #BE5689 #BE8B56

monochromatic

#2B6E6F #3C9A9B #56BDBE #82CECF #AEE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#56BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDBE

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDBE	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.095 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1d1',
    500: '#56bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdbe;
$custom-light: #8fd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.577,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73838,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDBE

secondary

#CEA2A2

accent

#5554D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDBE

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

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