#56AEB3#56AEB3

#56AEB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.085 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEB3
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -24.93, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 27.11, 203.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0794 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.085 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1072, 35.5027, 48.0633)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEB3 #B35B56

analogous

#56B38A #56AEB3 #5680B3

triadic

#56AEB3 #B356AE #AEB356

tetradic

#56AEB3 #8A56B3 #B35B56 #80B356

square

#56AEB3 #8A56B3 #B35B56 #80B356

split-complementary

#56AEB3 #B35680 #B38A56

monochromatic

#2C5F62 #3F888D #56AEB3 #80C2C6 #AAD6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56AEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#56AEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEB3

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEB3	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CB3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.085 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6c9',
    500: '#56aeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aeb3;
$custom-light: #8dc6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.226,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69864,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEB3

secondary

#C7A09E

accent

#605ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEB3

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

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