#56B8A1#56B8A1

#56B8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.099 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8A1
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(166, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 12.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -34.44, 2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 34.57, 175.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0987 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.099 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4084, 38.8301, 39.7619)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8A1 #B8566D

analogous

#56B870 #56B8A1 #569EB8

triadic

#56B8A1 #A156B8 #B8A156

tetradic

#56B8A1 #7056B8 #B8566D #9EB856

square

#56B8A1 #7056B8 #B8566D #9EB856

split-complementary

#56B8A1 #B8569E #B87056

monochromatic

#2C685A #3E937F #56B8A1 #81CAB9 #ACDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56B8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#56B8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8A1

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8A1	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.099 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcebc',
    500: '#56b8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8a1;
$custom-light: #8dcebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.918,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71707,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8A1

secondary

#CAA0AA

accent

#5774D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8A1

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

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