#56B2AF#56B2AF

#56B2AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.088 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2AF
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 175)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -28.00, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 28.82, 193.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0857 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.088 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4928, 36.9118, 46.2250)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2AF #B25659

analogous

#56B281 #56B2AF #5687B2

triadic

#56B2AF #AF56B2 #B2AF56

tetradic

#56B2AF #8156B2 #B25659 #87B256

square

#56B2AF #8156B2 #B25659 #87B256

split-complementary

#56B2AF #B25687 #B28156

monochromatic

#2C6160 #3F8B89 #56B2AF #80C5C3 #AAD8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56B2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#56B2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2AF

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2AF	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)

#A9AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.088 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9c6',
    500: '#56b2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2af;
$custom-light: #8ec9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.043,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70688,
    "c": 0.08774,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2AF

secondary

#C69E9F

accent

#5A5ECD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2AF

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

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