#56C1BD#56C1BD

#56C1BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.098 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C1BD
RGB	rgb(86, 193, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -31.53, -7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 32.36, 193.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0962 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.098 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0891, 43.7893, 54.8953)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C1BD #C1565A

analogous

#56C188 #56C1BD #5690C1

triadic

#56C1BD #BD56C1 #C1BD56

tetradic

#56C1BD #8856C1 #C1565A #90C156

square

#56C1BD #8856C1 #C1565A #90C156

split-complementary

#56C1BD #C15690 #C18856

monochromatic

#2A7370 #3A9F9C #56C1BD #83D1CE #B0E2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#56C1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#56C1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C1BD

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C1BD	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 193, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.098 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4d0',
    500: '#56c1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c1bd;
$custom-light: #90d4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.757,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74762,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C1BD

secondary

#D0A3A5

accent

#5257D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C1BD

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

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