#56C9BD#56C9BD

#56C9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.105 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C9BD
RGB	rgb(86, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -35.30, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 35.51, 186.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.1049 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.105 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9057, 47.4225, 55.5009)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C9BD #C95662

analogous

#56C984 #56C9BD #569CC9

triadic

#56C9BD #BD56C9 #C9BD56

tetradic

#56C9BD #8456C9 #C95662 #9CC956

square

#56C9BD #8456C9 #C95662 #9CC956

split-complementary

#56C9BD #C9569C #C98456

monochromatic

#287D74 #37AB9F #56C9BD #84D8CF #B3E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#56C9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#56C9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C9BD

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C9BD	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.105 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dad0',
    500: '#56c9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c9bd;
$custom-light: #91dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.739,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76681,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C9BD

secondary

#D5A6AB

accent

#4D5CDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C9BD

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

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