#56BEC4#56BEC4

#56BEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.096 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEC4
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -28.17, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 30.68, 203.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.09 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.096 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2109, 42.7877, 58.7752)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEC4 #C45C56

analogous

#56C493 #56BEC4 #5687C4

triadic

#56BEC4 #C456BE #BEC456

tetradic

#56BEC4 #9356C4 #C45C56 #87C456

square

#56BEC4 #9356C4 #C45C56 #87C456

split-complementary

#56BEC4 #C45687 #C49356

monochromatic

#297276 #399EA4 #56BEC4 #83CFD4 #B1E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#56BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEC4

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEC4	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.096 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d5',
    500: '#56bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bec4;
$custom-light: #90d2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.273,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEC4

secondary

#D2A6A4

accent

#5750D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEC4

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

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