#56AEA2#56AEA2

#56AEA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.087 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEA2
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 162)
HSL	hsl(172, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -29.43, -1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 29.50, 183.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0868 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.087 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4926, 34.8569, 39.5601)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEA2 #AE5662

analogous

#56AE76 #56AEA2 #568EAE

triadic

#56AEA2 #A256AE #AEA256

tetradic

#56AEA2 #7656AE #AE5662 #8EAE56

square

#56AEA2 #7656AE #AE5662 #8EAE56

split-complementary

#56AEA2 #AE568E #AE7656

monochromatic

#2D5D56 #40867D #56AEA2 #7FC2B9 #A9D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#56AEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#56AEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEA2

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEA2	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.087 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6bd',
    500: '#56aea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aea2;
$custom-light: #8cc6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69294,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEA2

secondary

#C39CA2

accent

#5D6CCB

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEA2

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

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