#56B4A8#56B4A8

#56B4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.091 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4A8
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -30.80, -2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 30.89, 184.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.091 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.091 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2239, 37.4456, 42.8313)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4A8 #B45662

analogous

#56B479 #56B4A8 #5691B4

triadic

#56B4A8 #A856B4 #B4A856

tetradic

#56B4A8 #7956B4 #B45662 #91B456

square

#56B4A8 #7956B4 #B45662 #91B456

split-complementary

#56B4A8 #B45691 #B47956

monochromatic

#2C635C #3F8E84 #56B4A8 #80C7BE #ABDAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56B4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#56B4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4A8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4A8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.091 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbc1',
    500: '#56b4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4a8;
$custom-light: #8dcbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.34,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4A8

secondary

#C79EA4

accent

#5968CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4A8

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

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