#56BED0#56BED0

#56BED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BED0
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -24.78, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 30.69, 216.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0851 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.099 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6317, 43.3561, 66.2584)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BED0 #D06856

analogous

#56D0A5 #56BED0 #5681D0

triadic

#56BED0 #D056BE #BED056

tetradic

#56BED0 #A556D0 #D06856 #81D056

square

#56BED0 #A556D0 #D06856 #81D056

split-complementary

#56BED0 #D05681 #D0A556

monochromatic

#257886 #33A3B6 #56BED0 #86D0DD #B6E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#56BED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#56BED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BED0

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BED0	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2de',
    500: '#56bed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bed0;
$custom-light: #91d2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74723,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BED0

secondary

#D9B0A8

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BED0

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

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