#56ACAE#56ACAE

#56ACAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.083 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACAE
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -25.29, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 26.84, 199.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0792 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.083 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2272, 34.5371, 45.3204)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACAE #AE5856

analogous

#56AE84 #56ACAE #5680AE

triadic

#56ACAE #AE56AC #ACAE56

tetradic

#56ACAE #8456AE #AE5856 #80AE56

square

#56ACAE #8456AE #AE5856 #80AE56

split-complementary

#56ACAE #AE5680 #AE8456

monochromatic

#2D5C5D #408586 #56ACAE #7FC0C2 #A9D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#56ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#56ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACAE

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACAE	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.083 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5c6',
    500: '#56acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acae;
$custom-light: #8dc5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69208,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACAE

secondary

#C39D9C

accent

#5F5DCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACAE

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

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