#56BEC8#56BEC8

#56BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.097 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEC8
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -27.06, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 30.53, 207.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0883 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.097 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6722, 42.9722, 61.2050)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEC8 #C86056

analogous

#56C899 #56BEC8 #5685C8

triadic

#56BEC8 #C856BE #BEC856

tetradic

#56BEC8 #9956C8 #C86056 #85C856

square

#56BEC8 #9956C8 #C86056 #85C856

split-complementary

#56BEC8 #C85685 #C89956

monochromatic

#28747B #37A0AA #56BEC8 #84D0D7 #B2E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#56BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEC8

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEC8	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.097 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d8',
    500: '#56bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bec8;
$custom-light: #90d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74428,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEC8

secondary

#D4A9A5

accent

#5A4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEC8

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

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