#56AE9B#56AE9B

#56AE9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.090 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AE9B
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 155)
HSL	hsl(167, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 10.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -31.19, 1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 31.23, 176.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.09 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.09 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8877, 34.6149, 36.3738)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AE9B #AE5669

analogous

#56AE6F #56AE9B #5695AE

triadic

#56AE9B #9B56AE #AE9B56

tetradic

#56AE9B #6F56AE #AE5669 #95AE56

square

#56AE9B #6F56AE #AE5669 #95AE56

split-complementary

#56AE9B #AE5695 #AE6F56

monochromatic

#2D5D53 #408677 #56AE9B #7FC2B3 #A9D6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#56AE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#56AE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AE9B

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AE9B	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)

#A8A59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ae9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.090 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6b8',
    500: '#56ae9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ae9b;
$custom-light: #8cc6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ae9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.045,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69078,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AE9B

secondary

#C39CA5

accent

#5D74CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AE9B

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

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