#56AE97#56AE97

#56AE97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.092 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AE97
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -32.16, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 32.38, 173.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0918 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.092 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5573, 34.4828, 34.6339)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AE97 #AE566D

analogous

#56AE6B #56AE97 #5699AE

triadic

#56AE97 #9756AE #AE9756

tetradic

#56AE97 #6B56AE #AE566D #99AE56

square

#56AE97 #6B56AE #AE566D #99AE56

split-complementary

#56AE97 #AE5699 #AE6B56

monochromatic

#2D5D50 #408674 #56AE97 #7FC2B0 #A9D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#56AE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#56AE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AE97

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AE97	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.092 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6b5',
    500: '#56ae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ae97;
$custom-light: #8cc6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.318,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68959,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AE97

secondary

#C39CA7

accent

#5D79CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AE97

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

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