#56B2AE#56B2AE

#56B2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.088 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2AE
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -28.26, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 28.96, 192.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0861 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.088 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3949, 36.8727, 45.7097)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2AE #B2565A

analogous

#56B280 #56B2AE #5688B2

triadic

#56B2AE #AE56B2 #B2AE56

tetradic

#56B2AE #8056B2 #B2565A #88B256

square

#56B2AE #8056B2 #B2565A #88B256

split-complementary

#56B2AE #B25688 #B28056

monochromatic

#2C615F #3F8B88 #56B2AE #80C5C2 #AAD8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#56B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2AE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2AE	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.088 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9c6',
    500: '#56b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2ae;
$custom-light: #8dc9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2AE

secondary

#C69E9F

accent

#5A5FCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2AE

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

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