#56AEB2#56AEB2

#56AEB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.085 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEB2
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -25.20, -10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 27.17, 201.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0798 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.085 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0064, 35.4624, 47.5326)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEB2 #B25A56

analogous

#56B288 #56AEB2 #5680B2

triadic

#56AEB2 #B256AE #AEB256

tetradic

#56AEB2 #8856B2 #B25A56 #80B256

square

#56AEB2 #8856B2 #B25A56 #80B256

split-complementary

#56AEB2 #B25680 #B28856

monochromatic

#2C5F61 #3F888B #56AEB2 #80C2C5 #AAD6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56AEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#56AEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEB2

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEB2	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FB3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.085 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6c9',
    500: '#56aeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aeb2;
$custom-light: #8dc6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69829,
    "c": 0.0846,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEB2

secondary

#C69F9E

accent

#5F5ACD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEB2

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

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