#56CBDB#56CBDB

#56CBDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.106 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBDB
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -28.06, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 33.23, 212.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0943 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.106 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9745, 49.8008, 74.6153)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBDB #DB6656

analogous

#56DBA9 #56CBDB #5689DB

triadic

#56CBDB #DB56CB #CBDB56

tetradic

#56CBDB #A956DB #DB6656 #89DB56

square

#56CBDB #A956DB #DB6656 #89DB56

split-complementary

#56CBDB #DB5689 #DBA956

monochromatic

#208897 #2BB6C9 #56CBDB #88DBE6 #BBEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#56CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#56CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBDB

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBDB	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.106 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbe6',
    500: '#56cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbdb;
$custom-light: #93dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.218,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78182,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBDB

secondary

#E0B3AD

accent

#5440E8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBDB

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

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