#56BFCE#56BFCE

#56BFCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.098 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFCE
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -25.85, -16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 30.77, 212.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0869 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.098 208)
XYZ	xyz(33.6046, 43.6929, 65.0432)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFCE #CE6556

analogous

#56CEA1 #56BFCE #5683CE

triadic

#56BFCE #CE56BF #BFCE56

tetradic

#56BFCE #A156CE #CE6556 #83CE56

square

#56BFCE #A156CE #CE6556 #83CE56

split-complementary

#56BFCE #CE5683 #CEA156

monochromatic

#267883 #34A3B3 #56BFCE #85D1DC #B5E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#56BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFCE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFCE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.098 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2dd',
    500: '#56bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfce;
$custom-light: #91d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74884,
    "c": 0.09843,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.43696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFCE

secondary

#D8AEA8

accent

#5C49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFCE

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

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