#56BFCD#56BFCD

#56BFCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.098 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFCD
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -26.14, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 30.74, 211.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0873 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.098 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4835, 43.6445, 64.4054)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFCD #CD6456

analogous

#56CDA0 #56BFCD #5684CD

triadic

#56BFCD #CD56BF #BFCD56

tetradic

#56BFCD #A056CD #CD6456 #84CD56

square

#56BFCD #A056CD #CD6456 #84CD56

split-complementary

#56BFCD #CD5684 #CDA056

monochromatic

#267782 #34A3B1 #56BFCD #85D1DB #B4E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#56BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFCD

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFCD	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.098 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2dc',
    500: '#56bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfcd;
$custom-light: #91d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74847,
    "c": 0.09815,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFCD

secondary

#D8ADA7

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFCD

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

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