#56AEAF#56AEAF

#56AEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.085 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEAF
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -26.02, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 27.41, 198.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0811 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.085 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7085, 35.3433, 45.9636)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEAF #AF5756

analogous

#56AF83 #56AEAF #5681AF

triadic

#56AEAF #AF56AE #AEAF56

tetradic

#56AEAF #8356AF #AF5756 #81AF56

square

#56AEAF #8356AF #AF5756 #81AF56

split-complementary

#56AEAF #AF5681 #AF8356

monochromatic

#2D5E5E #408788 #56AEAF #80C2C3 #A9D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#56AEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#56AEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEAF

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEAF	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.085 196.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.674,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69724,
    "c": 0.08454,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEAF

secondary

#C49D9D

accent

#5D5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEAF

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

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