#56ACA0#56ACA0

#56ACA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.086 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACA0
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(172, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -28.97, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 29.03, 183.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0854 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.086 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9328, 34.0194, 38.5034)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACA0 #AC5662

analogous

#56AC75 #56ACA0 #568DAC

triadic

#56ACA0 #A056AC #ACA056

tetradic

#56ACA0 #7556AC #AC5662 #8DAC56

square

#56ACA0 #7556AC #AC5662 #8DAC56

split-complementary

#56ACA0 #AC568D #AC7556

monochromatic

#2D5B54 #41847B #56ACA0 #7FC0B7 #A8D4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#56ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACA0

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACA0	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9799A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.086 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5bc',
    500: '#56aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aca0;
$custom-light: #8cc5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68742,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACA0

secondary

#C29CA1

accent

#5E6DCA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACA0

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

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