#56AFAE#56AFAE

#56AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.085 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFAE
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -26.78, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 27.86, 195.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0827 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.085 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8046, 35.6919, 45.5129)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFAE #AF5657

analogous

#56AF81 #56AFAE #5683AF

triadic

#56AFAE #AE56AF #AFAE56

tetradic

#56AFAE #8156AF #AF5657 #83AF56

square

#56AFAE #8156AF #AF5657 #83AF56

split-complementary

#56AFAE #AF5683 #AF8156

monochromatic

#2D5E5E #408887 #56AFAE #80C3C2 #A9D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#56AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#56AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFAE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFAE	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.085 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7c6',
    500: '#56afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afae;
$custom-light: #8dc7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.326,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6993,
    "c": 0.08536,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFAE

secondary

#C49D9D

accent

#5C5DCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFAE

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

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