#56AE8A#56AE8A

#56AE8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.101 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AE8A
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(155, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -35.18, 10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 36.70, 163.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0979 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.101 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5592, 34.0835, 29.3771)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AE8A #AE567A

analogous

#56AE5E #56AE8A #56A6AE

triadic

#56AE8A #8A56AE #AE8A56

tetradic

#56AE8A #5E56AE #AE567A #A6AE56

square

#56AE8A #5E56AE #AE567A #A6AE56

split-complementary

#56AE8A #AE56A6 #AE5E56

monochromatic

#2D5D49 #40866A #56AE8A #7FC2A7 #A9D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#56AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AE8A

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AE8A	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.101 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6ac',
    500: '#56ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ae8a;
$custom-light: #8cc6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.455,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68599,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AE8A

secondary

#C39CAC

accent

#5D8ACB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AE8A

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

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