#56BFB2#56BFB2

#56BFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFB2
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -33.46, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 33.57, 184.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0988 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.099 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5009, 42.4515, 48.6974)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFB2 #BF5663

analogous

#56BF7E #56BFB2 #5698BF

triadic

#56BFB2 #B256BF #BFB256

tetradic

#56BFB2 #7E56BF #BF5663 #98BF56

square

#56BFB2 #7E56BF #BF5663 #98BF56

split-complementary

#56BFB2 #BF5698 #BF7E56

monochromatic

#2A7068 #3B9D90 #56BFB2 #82D0C6 #AFE1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#56BFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFB2

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFB2	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3c9',
    500: '#56bfb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfb2;
$custom-light: #8fd3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73925,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFB2

secondary

#CFA2A8

accent

#5363D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFB2

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