#56AEB0#56AEB0

#56AEB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.085 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEB0
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 176)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -25.75, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 27.32, 199.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0807 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.085 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8071, 35.3827, 46.4827)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEB0 #B05856

analogous

#56B085 #56AEB0 #5681B0

triadic

#56AEB0 #B056AE #AEB056

tetradic

#56AEB0 #8556B0 #B05856 #81B056

square

#56AEB0 #8556B0 #B05856 #81B056

split-complementary

#56AEB0 #B05681 #B08556

monochromatic

#2C5E5F #408789 #56AEB0 #80C2C3 #A9D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#56AEB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#56AEB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEB0

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEB0	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aeb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.085 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6c7',
    500: '#56aeb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aeb0;
$custom-light: #8dc6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aeb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.333,
    "s": 36.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69759,
    "c": 0.08454,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEB0

secondary

#C59E9D

accent

#5E5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEB0

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

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