#56BDCF#56BDCF

#56BDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.098 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDCF
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -24.57, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 30.49, 216.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0844 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.098 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2932, 42.8753, 65.5406)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDCF #CF6856

analogous

#56CFA5 #56BDCF #5680CF

triadic

#56BDCF #CF56BD #BDCF56

tetradic

#56BDCF #A556CF #CF6856 #80CF56

square

#56BDCF #A556CF #CF6856 #80CF56

split-complementary

#56BDCF #CF5680 #CFA556

monochromatic

#267785 #33A1B5 #56BDCF #86D0DD #B5E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#56BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDCF

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDCF	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.098 210.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.926,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74451,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDCF

secondary

#D9AFA8

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDCF

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

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