#56AEB4#56AEB4

#56AEB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.085 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEB4
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(184, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -24.65, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 27.06, 204.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.079 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.085 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2087, 35.5433, 48.5979)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEB4 #B45C56

analogous

#56B48B #56AEB4 #567FB4

triadic

#56AEB4 #B456AE #AEB456

tetradic

#56AEB4 #8B56B4 #B45C56 #7FB456

square

#56AEB4 #8B56B4 #B45C56 #7FB456

split-complementary

#56AEB4 #B4567F #B48B56

monochromatic

#2C6063 #3F898E #56AEB4 #80C2C7 #ABD7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56AEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#56AEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEB4

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEB4	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.085 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6ca',
    500: '#56aeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aeb4;
$custom-light: #8dc6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.83,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69899,
    "c": 0.08479,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEB4

secondary

#C7A19E

accent

#6159CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEB4

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

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