#56BDCE#56BDCE

#56BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.098 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDCE
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -24.86, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 30.43, 215.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0848 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.098 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1714, 42.8266, 64.8988)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDCE #CE6756

analogous

#56CEA3 #56BDCE #5681CE

triadic

#56BDCE #CE56BD #BDCE56

tetradic

#56BDCE #A356CE #CE6756 #81CE56

square

#56BDCE #A356CE #CE6756 #81CE56

split-complementary

#56BDCE #CE5681 #CEA356

monochromatic

#267683 #34A1B3 #56BDCE #85D0DC #B5E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#56BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDCE

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDCE	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.098 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1dd',
    500: '#56bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdce;
$custom-light: #91d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74413,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDCE

secondary

#D8AEA8

accent

#5F49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDCE

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

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