#56ACB5#56ACB5

#56ACB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.084 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACB5
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 181)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -23.36, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 26.53, 208.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0763 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.084 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9274, 34.8172, 49.0085)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACB5 #B55F56

analogous

#56B58E #56ACB5 #567DB5

triadic

#56ACB5 #B556AC #ACB556

tetradic

#56ACB5 #8E56B5 #B55F56 #7DB556

square

#56ACB5 #8E56B5 #B55F56 #7DB556

split-complementary

#56ACB5 #B5567D #B58E56

monochromatic

#2C5F65 #3F888F #56ACB5 #81C1C8 #ABD6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#56ACB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#56ACB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACB5

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACB5	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A6B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.084 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5cb',
    500: '#56acb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acb5;
$custom-light: #8dc5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.684,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69457,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACB5

secondary

#C8A39F

accent

#6459CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACB5

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

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