#56BFBA#56BFBA

#56BFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFBA
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -31.37, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 32.07, 192.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0953 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.097 191)
XYZ	xyz(31.3277, 42.7822, 53.0517)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFBA #BF565B

analogous

#56BF86 #56BFBA #5690BF

triadic

#56BFBA #BA56BF #BFBA56

tetradic

#56BFBA #8656BF #BF565B #90BF56

square

#56BFBA #8656BF #BF565B #90BF56

split-complementary

#56BFBA #BF5690 #BF8656

monochromatic

#2A706D #3B9D98 #56BFBA #82D0CC #AFE1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#56BFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFBA

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFBA	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2ce',
    500: '#56bfba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfba;
$custom-light: #8fd2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74183,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.42785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFBA

secondary

#CFA2A4

accent

#5359D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFBA

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

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