#56B2AA#56B2AA

#56B2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.089 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2AA
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -29.31, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 29.63, 188.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0878 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.089 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0108, 36.7190, 43.6865)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2AA #B2565E

analogous

#56B27C #56B2AA #568CB2

triadic

#56B2AA #AA56B2 #B2AA56

tetradic

#56B2AA #7C56B2 #B2565E #8CB256

square

#56B2AA #7C56B2 #B2565E #8CB256

split-complementary

#56B2AA #B2568C #B27C56

monochromatic

#2C615D #3F8B85 #56B2AA #80C5BF #AAD8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56B2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#56B2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2AA

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2AA	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.089 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9c3',
    500: '#56b2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2aa;
$custom-light: #8dc9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70523,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2AA

secondary

#C69EA1

accent

#5A64CD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2AA

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

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