#56BFCF#56BFCF

#56BFCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.099 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFCF
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -25.57, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 30.80, 213.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0865 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.099 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7264, 43.7417, 65.6850)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFCF #CF6656

analogous

#56CFA3 #56BFCF #5682CF

triadic

#56BFCF #CF56BF #BFCF56

tetradic

#56BFCF #A356CF #CF6656 #82CF56

square

#56BFCF #A356CF #CF6656 #82CF56

split-complementary

#56BFCF #CF5682 #CFA356

monochromatic

#267885 #33A3B5 #56BFCF #86D1DD #B5E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#56BFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#56BFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFCF

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFCF	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.099 208.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.934,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFCF

secondary

#D9AEA8

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFCF

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

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