#56BFBE#56BFBE

#56BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFBE
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -30.30, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 31.52, 196.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0936 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.097 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7589, 42.9546, 55.3226)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFBE #BF5657

analogous

#56BF8A #56BFBE #568BBF

triadic

#56BFBE #BE56BF #BFBE56

tetradic

#56BFBE #8A56BF #BF5657 #8BBF56

square

#56BFBE #8A56BF #BF5657 #8BBF56

split-complementary

#56BFBE #BF568B #BF8A56

monochromatic

#2A706F #3B9D9C #56BFBE #82D0CF #AFE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#56BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFBE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFBE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d1',
    500: '#56bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfbe;
$custom-light: #90d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74317,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFBE

secondary

#CFA2A3

accent

#5354D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFBE

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

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