#56BFBD#56BFBD

#56BFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFBD
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -30.57, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 31.65, 194.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.094 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.097 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6500, 42.9111, 54.7490)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFBD #BF5658

analogous

#56BF89 #56BFBD #568DBF

triadic

#56BFBD #BD56BF #BFBD56

tetradic

#56BFBD #8956BF #BF5658 #8DBF56

square

#56BFBD #8956BF #BF5658 #8DBF56

split-complementary

#56BFBD #BF568D #BF8956

monochromatic

#2A706F #3B9D9B #56BFBD #82D0CE #AFE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#56BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFBD

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFBD	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 193.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74283,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFBD

secondary

#CFA2A3

accent

#5356D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFBD

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

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