#56BFBC#56BFBC

#56BFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFBC
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -30.84, -7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 31.78, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0945 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.097 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5418, 42.8678, 54.1793)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFBC #BF5659

analogous

#56BF88 #56BFBC #568EBF

triadic

#56BFBC #BC56BF #BFBC56

tetradic

#56BFBC #8856BF #BF5659 #8EBF56

square

#56BFBC #8856BF #BF5659 #8EBF56

split-complementary

#56BFBC #BF568E #BF8856

monochromatic

#2A706E #3B9D9A #56BFBC #82D0CE #AFE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#56BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFBC

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFBC	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d0',
    500: '#56bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfbc;
$custom-light: #90d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74249,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFBC

secondary

#CFA2A3

accent

#5357D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFBC

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

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