#56BFB5#56BFB5

#56BFB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFB5
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -32.69, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 32.95, 187.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0975 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.098 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8054, 42.5733, 50.3011)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFB5 #BF5660

analogous

#56BF81 #56BFB5 #5695BF

triadic

#56BFB5 #B556BF #BFB556

tetradic

#56BFB5 #8156BF #BF5660 #95BF56

square

#56BFB5 #8156BF #BF5660 #95BF56

split-complementary

#56BFB5 #BF5695 #BF8156

monochromatic

#2A706A #3B9D93 #56BFB5 #82D0C8 #AFE1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#56BFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFB5

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFB5	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2cb',
    500: '#56bfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfb5;
$custom-light: #8fd2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7402,
    "c": 0.09823,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFB5

secondary

#CFA2A6

accent

#535FD5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFB5

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

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