#56AEAD#56AEAD

#56AEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.085 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEAD
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -26.56, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 27.62, 195.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.082 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.085 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5135, 35.2653, 44.9367)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEAD #AE5657

analogous

#56AE81 #56AEAD #5683AE

triadic

#56AEAD #AD56AE #AEAD56

tetradic

#56AEAD #8156AE #AE5657 #83AE56

square

#56AEAD #8156AE #AE5657 #83AE56

split-complementary

#56AEAD #AE5683 #AE8156

monochromatic

#2D5D5C #408686 #56AEAD #7FC2C1 #A9D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#56AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#56AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEAD

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEAD	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.085 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6c5',
    500: '#56aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aead;
$custom-light: #8dc6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.318,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69655,
    "c": 0.08463,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEAD

secondary

#C39C9D

accent

#5D5ECB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEAD

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

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