#56BECD#56BECD

#56BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.098 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BECD
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -25.64, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 30.56, 212.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0863 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.098 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2661, 43.2098, 64.3330)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BECD #CD6556

analogous

#56CDA1 #56BECD #5683CD

triadic

#56BECD #CD56BE #BECD56

tetradic

#56BECD #A156CD #CD6556 #83CD56

square

#56BECD #A156CD #CD6556 #83CD56

split-complementary

#56BECD #CD5683 #CDA156

monochromatic

#267782 #34A2B1 #56BECD #85D0DB #B4E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#56BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BECD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BECD	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.098 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2dc',
    500: '#56becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56becd;
$custom-light: #91d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.563,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74611,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BECD

secondary

#D8ADA7

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BECD

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

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