#56C8BD#56C8BD

#56C8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.104 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8BD
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -34.84, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 35.09, 186.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.1038 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.104 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6733, 46.9578, 55.4234)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8BD #C85661

analogous

#56C884 #56C8BD #569AC8

triadic

#56C8BD #BD56C8 #C8BD56

tetradic

#56C8BD #8456C8 #C85661 #9AC856

square

#56C8BD #8456C8 #C85661 #9AC856

split-complementary

#56C8BD #C8569A #C88456

monochromatic

#287B73 #37AA9F #56C8BD #84D7CF #B2E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#56C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#56C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8BD

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8BD	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.104 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9d0',
    500: '#56c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8bd;
$custom-light: #90d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.211,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76441,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8BD

secondary

#D4A5AA

accent

#4D5BDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8BD

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

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