#56BEBD#56BEBD

#56BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.096 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEBD
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -30.09, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 31.30, 196.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0929 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.096 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4326, 42.4764, 54.6765)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEBD #BE5657

analogous

#56BE89 #56BEBD #568BBE

triadic

#56BEBD #BD56BE #BEBD56

tetradic

#56BEBD #8956BE #BE5657 #8BBE56

square

#56BEBD #8956BE #BE5657 #8BBE56

split-complementary

#56BEBD #BE568B #BE8956

monochromatic

#2B6F6E #3C9B9A #56BEBD #82CFCE #AEE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#56BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEBD

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEBD	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.096 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d0',
    500: '#56bebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bebd;
$custom-light: #90d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.423,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEBD

secondary

#CEA2A2

accent

#5455D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEBD

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

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