#56C9BE#56C9BE

#56C9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.105 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C9BE
RGB	rgb(86, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -35.04, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 35.31, 187.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.1044 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.105 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0146, 47.4660, 56.0745)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C9BE #C95661

analogous

#56C985 #56C9BE #569BC9

triadic

#56C9BE #BE56C9 #C9BE56

tetradic

#56C9BE #8556C9 #C95661 #9BC956

square

#56C9BE #8556C9 #C95661 #9BC956

split-complementary

#56C9BE #C9569B #C98556

monochromatic

#287D75 #37ABA0 #56C9BE #84D8D0 #B3E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#56C9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#56C9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C9BE

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C9BE	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)

#BFBFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.105 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dad1',
    500: '#56c9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c9be;
$custom-light: #91dad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.261,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76713,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C9BE

secondary

#D5A6AA

accent

#4D5ADB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C9BE

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

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