#56AFA8#56AFA8

#56AFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.086 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFA8
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 168)
HSL	hsl(175, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -28.37, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 28.74, 189.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0853 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.086 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2327, 35.4632, 42.5009)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFA8 #AF565D

analogous

#56AF7B #56AFA8 #5689AF

triadic

#56AFA8 #A856AF #AFA856

tetradic

#56AFA8 #7B56AF #AF565D #89AF56

square

#56AFA8 #7B56AF #AF565D #89AF56

split-complementary

#56AFA8 #AF5689 #AF7B56

monochromatic

#2D5E5A #408882 #56AFA8 #80C3BD #A9D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56AFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#56AFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFA8

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFA8	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.086 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7c1',
    500: '#56afa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afa8;
$custom-light: #8dc7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.281,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6973,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFA8

secondary

#C49DA0

accent

#5C65CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFA8

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

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