#56AFA5#56AFA5

#56AFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.087 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFA5
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 165)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -29.15, -3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 29.31, 185.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0866 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.087 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9564, 35.3527, 41.0459)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFA5 #AF5660

analogous

#56AF78 #56AFA5 #568CAF

triadic

#56AFA5 #A556AF #AFA556

tetradic

#56AFA5 #7856AF #AF5660 #8CAF56

square

#56AFA5 #7856AF #AF5660 #8CAF56

split-complementary

#56AFA5 #AF568C #AF7856

monochromatic

#2D5E59 #408880 #56AFA5 #80C3BB #A9D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#56AFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#56AFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFA5

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFA5	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.087 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7bf',
    500: '#56afa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afa5;
$custom-light: #8dc7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.258,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69633,
    "c": 0.08708,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFA5

secondary

#C49DA1

accent

#5C69CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFA5

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

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