#56BEC1#56BEC1

#56BEC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.096 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEC1
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -29.00, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 30.89, 200.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0912 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.096 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8728, 42.6525, 56.9948)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEC1 #C15956

analogous

#56C18E #56BEC1 #5689C1

triadic

#56BEC1 #C156BE #BEC156

tetradic

#56BEC1 #8E56C1 #C15956 #89C156

square

#56BEC1 #8E56C1 #C15956 #89C156

split-complementary

#56BEC1 #C15689 #C18E56

monochromatic

#2A7173 #3A9D9F #56BEC1 #83CFD1 #B0E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#56BEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEC1

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEC1	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.096 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d3',
    500: '#56bec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bec1;
$custom-light: #90d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.682,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEC1

secondary

#D0A4A3

accent

#5652D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEC1

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

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