#56BFB4#56BFB4

#56BFB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFB4
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -32.95, -3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 33.15, 186.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.098 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.099 186)
XYZ	xyz(30.7032, 42.5324, 49.7627)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFB4 #BF5661

analogous

#56BF80 #56BFB4 #5696BF

triadic

#56BFB4 #B456BF #BFB456

tetradic

#56BFB4 #8056BF #BF5661 #96BF56

square

#56BFB4 #8056BF #BF5661 #96BF56

split-complementary

#56BFB4 #BF5696 #BF8056

monochromatic

#2A7069 #3B9D92 #56BFB4 #82D0C8 #AFE1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BFB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#56BFB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFB4

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFB4	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2ca',
    500: '#56bfb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfb4;
$custom-light: #8fd2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73989,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.42535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFB4

secondary

#CFA2A7

accent

#5361D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFB4

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

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