#56BED1#56BED1

#56BED1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BED1
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -24.49, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 30.76, 217.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0847 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.099 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7551, 43.4054, 66.9084)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BED1 #D16956

analogous

#56D1A6 #56BED1 #5681D1

triadic

#56BED1 #D156BE #BED156

tetradic

#56BED1 #A656D1 #D16956 #81D156

square

#56BED1 #A656D1 #D16956 #81D156

split-complementary

#56BED1 #D15681 #D1A656

monochromatic

#257888 #32A3B8 #56BED1 #86D1DE #B6E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#56BED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#56BED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BED1

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BED1	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAAD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1df',
    500: '#56bed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bed1;
$custom-light: #91d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.268,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74761,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BED1

secondary

#DAB0A9

accent

#5F47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BED1

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

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