#56AAAC#56AAAC

#56AAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.082 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAAC
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -24.82, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 26.36, 199.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0778 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.082 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6559, 33.7042, 44.1753)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAAC #AC5856

analogous

#56AC83 #56AAAC #567FAC

triadic

#56AAAC #AC56AA #AAAC56

tetradic

#56AAAC #8356AC #AC5856 #7FAC56

square

#56AAAC #8356AC #AC5856 #7FAC56

split-complementary

#56AAAC #AC567F #AC8356

monochromatic

#2D5A5B #418284 #56AAAC #7FBFC0 #A8D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#56AAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#56AAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAAC

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAAC	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DAFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.082 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc3c4',
    500: '#56aaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aaac;
$custom-light: #8dc3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.395,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68656,
    "c": 0.08158,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAAC

secondary

#C29D9C

accent

#605ECA

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAAC

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

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