#56BFCC#56BFCC

#56BFCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.098 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFCC
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -26.42, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 30.73, 210.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0877 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.098 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3631, 43.5963, 63.7717)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFCC #CC6356

analogous

#56CC9E #56BFCC #5684CC

triadic

#56BFCC #CC56BF #BFCC56

tetradic

#56BFCC #9E56CC #CC6356 #84CC56

square

#56BFCC #9E56CC #CC6356 #84CC56

split-complementary

#56BFCC #CC5684 #CC9E56

monochromatic

#277781 #35A2B0 #56BFCC #85D1DA #B4E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#56BFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFCC

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFCC	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.098 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2db',
    500: '#56bfcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfcc;
$custom-light: #91d2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.61,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7481,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFCC

secondary

#D7ACA7

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFCC

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

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