#56AEBE#56AEBE

#56AEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.087 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEBE
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -21.84, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 27.21, 216.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0748 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.087 211)
XYZ	xyz(28.2644, 35.9656, 54.1578)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEBE #BE6656

analogous

#56BE9A #56AEBE #567ABE

triadic

#56AEBE #BE56AE #AEBE56

tetradic

#56AEBE #9A56BE #BE6656 #7ABE56

square

#56AEBE #9A56BE #BE6656 #7ABE56

split-complementary

#56AEBE #BE567A #BE9A56

monochromatic

#2B646F #3C8C9B #56AEBE #82C3CF #AED8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#56AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#56AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEBE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEBE	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.087 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6d1',
    500: '#56aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aebe;
$custom-light: #8ec6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70267,
    "c": 0.08727,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.35968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEBE

secondary

#CEA9A2

accent

#6754D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEBE

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

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