#56BDCA#56BDCA

#56BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDCA
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -26.00, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 30.30, 210.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0864 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.097 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6916, 42.6347, 62.3721)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDCA #CA6356

analogous

#56CA9D #56BDCA #5683CA

triadic

#56BDCA #CA56BD #BDCA56

tetradic

#56BDCA #9D56CA #CA6356 #83CA56

square

#56BDCA #9D56CA #CA6356 #83CA56

split-complementary

#56BDCA #CA5683 #CA9D56

monochromatic

#28747E #369FAD #56BDCA #85CFD9 #B3E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#56BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDCA

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDCA	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1da',
    500: '#56bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdca;
$custom-light: #90d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.724,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74264,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDCA

secondary

#D6ABA6

accent

#5C4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDCA

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

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