#56ACAF#56ACAF

#56ACAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.083 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACAF
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(182, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -25.02, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 26.76, 200.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0788 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.083 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3250, 34.5763, 45.8357)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACAF #AF5956

analogous

#56AF85 #56ACAF #567FAF

triadic

#56ACAF #AF56AC #ACAF56

tetradic

#56ACAF #8556AF #AF5956 #7FAF56

square

#56ACAF #8556AF #AF5956 #7FAF56

split-complementary

#56ACAF #AF567F #AF8556

monochromatic

#2D5C5E #408588 #56ACAF #80C0C3 #A9D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#56ACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#56ACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACAF

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACAF	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.083 198.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.022,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69243,
    "c": 0.08309,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACAF

secondary

#C49E9D

accent

#605CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACAF

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

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