#56BDCD#56BDCD

#56BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.097 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDCD
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -25.14, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 30.39, 214.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0852 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.097 209)
XYZ	xyz(33.0503, 42.7781, 64.2610)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDCD #CD6656

analogous

#56CDA1 #56BDCD #5682CD

triadic

#56BDCD #CD56BD #BDCD56

tetradic

#56BDCD #A156CD #CD6656 #82CD56

square

#56BDCD #A156CD #CD6656 #82CD56

split-complementary

#56BDCD #CD5682 #CDA156

monochromatic

#267682 #34A1B1 #56BDCD #85CFDB #B4E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#56BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDCD

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDCD	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.097 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1dc',
    500: '#56bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdcd;
$custom-light: #91d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.067,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74376,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.42781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDCD

secondary

#D8AEA7

accent

#5E4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDCD

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

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