#56BEC5#56BEC5

#56BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.096 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEC5
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -27.89, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 30.62, 204.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0896 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.096 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3251, 42.8334, 59.3766)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEC5 #C55D56

analogous

#56C594 #56BEC5 #5686C5

triadic

#56BEC5 #C556BE #BEC556

tetradic

#56BEC5 #9456C5 #C55D56 #86C556

square

#56BEC5 #9456C5 #C55D56 #86C556

split-complementary

#56BEC5 #C55686 #C59456

monochromatic

#297378 #399EA5 #56BEC5 #84D0D5 #B1E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#56BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEC5

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEC5	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.096 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d6',
    500: '#56bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bec5;
$custom-light: #90d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.784,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74321,
    "c": 0.09613,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEC5

secondary

#D3A7A4

accent

#584FD8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEC5

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

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