#56BEC3#56BEC3

#56BEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.096 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEC3
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -28.45, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 30.74, 202.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0904 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.096 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0974, 42.7423, 58.1777)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEC3 #C35B56

analogous

#56C391 #56BEC3 #5688C3

triadic

#56BEC3 #C356BE #BEC356

tetradic

#56BEC3 #9156C3 #C35B56 #88C356

square

#56BEC3 #9156C3 #C35B56 #88C356

split-complementary

#56BEC3 #C35688 #C39156

monochromatic

#2A7275 #3A9DA2 #56BEC3 #83CFD3 #B0E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#56BEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEC3

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEC3	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.096 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d5',
    500: '#56bec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bec3;
$custom-light: #90d2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.752,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7425,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEC3

secondary

#D1A6A4

accent

#5751D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEC3

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

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