#56AE90#56AE90

#56AE90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.097 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AE90
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 144)
HSL	hsl(160, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 17.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -33.82, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 34.61, 167.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0951 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.097 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0056, 34.2621, 31.7284)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AE90 #AE5674

analogous

#56AE64 #56AE90 #56A0AE

triadic

#56AE90 #9056AE #AE9056

tetradic

#56AE90 #6456AE #AE5674 #A0AE56

square

#56AE90 #6456AE #AE5674 #A0AE56

split-complementary

#56AE90 #AE56A0 #AE6456

monochromatic

#2D5D4D #40866F #56AE90 #7FC2AB #A9D6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#56AE90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#56AE90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AE90

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AE90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AE90	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA48F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ae90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.097 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6b0',
    500: '#56ae90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ae90;
$custom-light: #8cc6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ae90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.545,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68761,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AE90

secondary

#C39CAA

accent

#5D82CB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AE90

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

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