#56BDCB#56BDCB

#56BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDCB
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -25.71, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 30.32, 212.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.086 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.097 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8104, 42.6822, 62.9977)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDCB #CB6456

analogous

#56CB9E #56BDCB #5683CB

triadic

#56BDCB #CB56BD #BDCB56

tetradic

#56BDCB #9E56CB #CB6456 #83CB56

square

#56BDCB #9E56CB #CB6456 #83CB56

split-complementary

#56BDCB #CB5683 #CB9E56

monochromatic

#27757F #36A0AE #56BDCB #85CFD9 #B4E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#56BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDCB

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDCB	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 207.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.179,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74301,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDCB

secondary

#D6ACA6

accent

#5D4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDCB

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

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