#56CBB5#56CBB5

#56CBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.111 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBB5
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 181)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 10.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -38.26, 1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 38.27, 178.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.1106 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.111 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5304, 48.0232, 51.2095)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBB5 #CB566C

analogous

#56CB7B #56CBB5 #56A7CB

triadic

#56CBB5 #B556CB #CBB556

tetradic

#56CBB5 #7B56CB #CB566C #A7CB56

square

#56CBB5 #7B56CB #CB566C #A7CB56

split-complementary

#56CBB5 #CB56A7 #CB7B56

monochromatic

#277F6F #36AE98 #56CBB5 #85D9C9 #B4E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#56CBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#56CBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBB5

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBB5	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.111 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbcb',
    500: '#56cbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbb5;
$custom-light: #90dbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.718,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76919,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBB5

secondary

#D6A6AF

accent

#4B67DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBB5

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

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