#56B4AC#56B4AC

#56B4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.090 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4AC
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -29.76, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 30.09, 188.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0892 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.09 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6023, 37.5970, 44.8241)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4AC #B4565E

analogous

#56B47D #56B4AC #568DB4

triadic

#56B4AC #AC56B4 #B4AC56

tetradic

#56B4AC #7D56B4 #B4565E #8DB456

square

#56B4AC #7D56B4 #B4565E #8DB456

split-complementary

#56B4AC #B4568D #B47D56

monochromatic

#2C635F #3F8E87 #56B4AC #80C7C1 #ABDAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56B4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#56B4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4AC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4AC	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.090 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbc4',
    500: '#56b4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4ac;
$custom-light: #8ecbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.894,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71072,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4AC

secondary

#C79EA2

accent

#5963CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4AC

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

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