#56BEC9#56BEC9

#56BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.097 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEC9
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -26.78, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 30.51, 208.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0879 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.097 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7895, 43.0191, 61.8225)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEC9 #C96156

analogous

#56C99B #56BEC9 #5685C9

triadic

#56BEC9 #C956BE #BEC956

tetradic

#56BEC9 #9B56C9 #C96156 #85C956

square

#56BEC9 #9B56C9 #C96156 #85C956

split-complementary

#56BEC9 #C95685 #C99B56

monochromatic

#28757D #37A0AB #56BEC9 #84D0D8 #B3E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#56BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEC9

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEC9	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.097 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d9',
    500: '#56bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bec9;
$custom-light: #90d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74464,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEC9

secondary

#D5AAA6

accent

#5A4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEC9

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

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