#56BFB3#56BFB3

#56BFB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFB3
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -33.21, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 33.35, 185.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0984 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.099 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6017, 42.4918, 49.2281)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFB3 #BF5662

analogous

#56BF7F #56BFB3 #5697BF

triadic

#56BFB3 #B356BF #BFB356

tetradic

#56BFB3 #7F56BF #BF5662 #97BF56

square

#56BFB3 #7F56BF #BF5662 #97BF56

split-complementary

#56BFB3 #BF5697 #BF7F56

monochromatic

#2A7068 #3B9D91 #56BFB3 #82D0C7 #AFE1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#56BFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFB3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFB3	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B6B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3c9',
    500: '#56bfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfb3;
$custom-light: #8fd3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73957,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFB3

secondary

#CFA2A7

accent

#5362D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFB3

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

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