#56BDBF#56BDBF

#56BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.095 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDBF
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -29.06, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 30.75, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.091 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.095 197)
XYZ	xyz(31.4354, 42.1322, 55.7558)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDBF #BF5856

analogous

#56BF8D #56BDBF #5689BF

triadic

#56BDBF #BF56BD #BDBF56

tetradic

#56BDBF #8D56BF #BF5856 #89BF56

square

#56BDBF #8D56BF #BF5856 #89BF56

split-complementary

#56BDBF #BF5689 #BF8D56

monochromatic

#2A6F70 #3B9B9D #56BDBF #82CED0 #AFE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#56BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDBF

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDBF	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.095 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1d2',
    500: '#56bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdbf;
$custom-light: #90d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.42135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDBF

secondary

#CFA3A2

accent

#5653D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDBF

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

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