#56AEAE#56AEAE

#56AEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.085 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEAE
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -26.29, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 27.51, 197.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0815 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.085 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6107, 35.3041, 45.4482)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEAE #AE5656

analogous

#56AE82 #56AEAE #5682AE

triadic

#56AEAE #AE56AE #AEAE56

tetradic

#56AEAE #8256AE #AE5656 #82AE56

square

#56AEAE #8256AE #AE5656 #82AE56

split-complementary

#56AEAE #AE5682 #AE8256

monochromatic

#2D5D5D #408686 #56AEAE #7FC2C2 #A9D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#56AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#56AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEAE

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEAE	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.085 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6c6',
    500: '#56aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aeae;
$custom-light: #8dc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69689,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEAE

secondary

#C39C9C

accent

#5D5DCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEAE

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

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