#56AFBF#56AFBF

#56AFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.088 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFBF
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -22.07, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 27.43, 216.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0755 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.088 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5679, 36.3973, 54.8000)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFBF #BF6656

analogous

#56BF9B #56AFBF #567BBF

triadic

#56AFBF #BF56AF #AFBF56

tetradic

#56AFBF #9B56BF #BF6656 #7BBF56

square

#56AFBF #9B56BF #BF6656 #7BBF56

split-complementary

#56AFBF #BF567B #BF9B56

monochromatic

#2A6670 #3B8E9D #56AFBF #82C4D0 #AFD9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#56AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFBF

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFBF	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.088 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7d2',
    500: '#56afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afbf;
$custom-light: #8ec7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70542,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFBF

secondary

#CFA9A2

accent

#6753D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFBF

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

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