#56AFA4#56AFA4

#56AFA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.087 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFA4
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 164)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -29.41, -2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 29.52, 184.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0871 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.087 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8657, 35.3164, 40.5684)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFA4 #AF5661

analogous

#56AF77 #56AFA4 #568DAF

triadic

#56AFA4 #A456AF #AFA456

tetradic

#56AFA4 #7756AF #AF5661 #8DAF56

square

#56AFA4 #7756AF #AF5661 #8DAF56

split-complementary

#56AFA4 #AF568D #AF7756

monochromatic

#2D5E58 #40887F #56AFA4 #80C3BA #A9D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#56AFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#56AFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFA4

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFA4	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#A8A7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.087 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7be',
    500: '#56afa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afa4;
$custom-light: #8dc7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.584,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69601,
    "c": 0.0874,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFA4

secondary

#C49DA2

accent

#5C6ACC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFA4

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

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