#56B2AC#56B2AC

#56B2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.088 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2AC
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -28.79, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 29.28, 190.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.087 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.088 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2014, 36.7953, 44.6905)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2AC #B2565C

analogous

#56B27E #56B2AC #568AB2

triadic

#56B2AC #AC56B2 #B2AC56

tetradic

#56B2AC #7E56B2 #B2565C #8AB256

square

#56B2AC #7E56B2 #B2565C #8AB256

split-complementary

#56B2AC #B2568A #B27E56

monochromatic

#2C615E #3F8B86 #56B2AC #80C5C1 #AAD8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56B2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#56B2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2AC

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2AC	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.088 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9c4',
    500: '#56b2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2ac;
$custom-light: #8dc9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70588,
    "c": 0.08823,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2AC

secondary

#C69EA0

accent

#5A62CD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2AC

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

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