#56AFA3#56AFA3

#56AFA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.088 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFA3
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 163)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -29.66, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 29.73, 183.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0875 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.088 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7758, 35.2804, 40.0947)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFA3 #AF5662

analogous

#56AF76 #56AFA3 #568EAF

triadic

#56AFA3 #A356AF #AFA356

tetradic

#56AFA3 #7656AF #AF5662 #8EAF56

square

#56AFA3 #7656AF #AF5662 #8EAF56

split-complementary

#56AFA3 #AF568E #AF7656

monochromatic

#2D5E57 #40887E #56AFA3 #80C3BA #A9D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#56AFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#56AFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFA3

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFA3	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.088 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7be',
    500: '#56afa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afa3;
$custom-light: #8dc7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.91,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69569,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFA3

secondary

#C49DA2

accent

#5C6BCC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFA3

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

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