#56BFCB#56BFCB

#56BFCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.098 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFCB
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -26.71, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 30.72, 209.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0882 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.098 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2436, 43.5485, 63.1421)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFCB #CB6256

analogous

#56CB9D #56BFCB #5685CB

triadic

#56BFCB #CB56BF #BFCB56

tetradic

#56BFCB #9D56CB #CB6256 #85CB56

square

#56BFCB #9D56CB #CB6256 #85CB56

split-complementary

#56BFCB #CB5685 #CB9D56

monochromatic

#27767F #36A2AE #56BFCB #85D1D9 #B4E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#56BFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFCB

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFCB	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.098 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2da',
    500: '#56bfcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfcb;
$custom-light: #91d2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.09766,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFCB

secondary

#D6ABA6

accent

#5A4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFCB

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

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