#56AEBB#56AEBB

#56AEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.086 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEBB
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -22.69, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 27.05, 212.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0761 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.086 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9399, 35.8358, 52.4487)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEBB #BB6356

analogous

#56BB95 #56AEBB #567BBB

triadic

#56AEBB #BB56AE #AEBB56

tetradic

#56AEBB #9556BB #BB6356 #7BBB56

square

#56AEBB #9556BB #BB6356 #7BBB56

split-complementary

#56AEBB #BB567B #BB9556

monochromatic

#2B636B #3D8B97 #56AEBB #82C3CD #ADD8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#56AEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#56AEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEBB

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEBB	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.086 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6cf',
    500: '#56aebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aebb;
$custom-light: #8ec6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.723,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70155,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEBB

secondary

#CCA6A1

accent

#6555D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEBB

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

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