#56BFD0#56BFD0

#56BFD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.099 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56BFD0
RGBrgb(86, 191, 208)
HSLhsl(188, 56%, 58%)
HSVhsv(188, 59%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(58.7%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.09, -25.28, -17.67)
CIE-LCHlch(72.09, 30.84, 214.95°)
OKLaboklab(74.96% -0.0861 -0.0489)
OKLCHoklch(74.96% 0.099 209.6)
XYZxyz(33.8491, 43.7907, 66.3309)
Luminance0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56BFD0 #D06756
analogous
#56D0A4 #56BFD0 #5682D0
triadic
#56BFD0 #D056BF #BFD056
tetradic
#56BFD0 #A456D0 #D06756 #82D056
square
#56BFD0 #A456D0 #D06756 #82D056
split-complementary
#56BFD0 #D05682 #D0A456
monochromatic
#257986 #33A4B6 #56BFD0 #86D1DD #B6E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#56BFD0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76
#56BFD0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFD0
9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56BFD0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56BFD01.002.159.769.76
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7621.001.001.00
##0000009.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0B9D1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DABD0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56bfd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.099 209.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2de',
    500: '#56bfd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56bfd0;
$custom-light: #91d2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56bfd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.361,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74958,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56BFD0
secondary
#D9AFA8
accent
#5D48E0
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F9FB
border
#CCD2D4
text
#0E1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFD0

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#56BFD0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva