#56BEBC#56BEBC

#56BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.096 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEBC
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -30.36, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 31.42, 194.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0934 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.096 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3245, 42.4331, 54.1068)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEBC #BE5658

analogous

#56BE88 #56BEBC #568CBE

triadic

#56BEBC #BC56BE #BEBC56

tetradic

#56BEBC #8856BE #BE5658 #8CBE56

square

#56BEBC #8856BE #BE5658 #8CBE56

split-complementary

#56BEBC #BE568C #BE8856

monochromatic

#2B6F6E #3C9B99 #56BEBC #82CFCE #AEE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#56BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEBC

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEBC	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.096 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d0',
    500: '#56bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bebc;
$custom-light: #8fd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.846,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7401,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEBC

secondary

#CEA2A3

accent

#5456D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEBC

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

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