#56BDC2#56BDC2

#56BDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.095 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDC2
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -28.24, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 30.52, 202.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0897 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.095 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7689, 42.2656, 57.5123)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDC2 #C25B56

analogous

#56C291 #56BDC2 #5687C2

triadic

#56BDC2 #C256BD #BDC256

tetradic

#56BDC2 #9156C2 #C25B56 #87C256

square

#56BDC2 #9156C2 #C25B56 #87C256

split-complementary

#56BDC2 #C25687 #C29156

monochromatic

#2A7074 #3A9CA1 #56BDC2 #83CFD2 #B0E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#56BDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDC2

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDC2	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.095 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1d4',
    500: '#56bdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdc2;
$custom-light: #90d1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.778,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73977,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDC2

secondary

#D1A5A3

accent

#5751D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDC2

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

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