#56C0BD#56C0BD

#56C0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.098 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C0BD
RGB	rgb(86, 192, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -31.05, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 32.00, 194.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0951 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.098 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8688, 43.3487, 54.8219)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C0BD #C05659

analogous

#56C088 #56C0BD #568EC0

triadic

#56C0BD #BD56C0 #C0BD56

tetradic

#56C0BD #8856C0 #C05659 #8EC056

square

#56C0BD #8856C0 #C05659 #8EC056

split-complementary

#56C0BD #C0568E #C08856

monochromatic

#2A716F #3B9E9B #56C0BD #83D1CE #AFE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#56C0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#56C0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C0BD

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C0BD	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 192, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.098 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3d0',
    500: '#56c0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c0bd;
$custom-light: #90d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74522,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C0BD

secondary

#CFA2A4

accent

#5256D5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C0BD

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

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