#56B8A2#56B8A2

#56B8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.098 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8A2
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -34.20, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 34.29, 175.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0982 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.098 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4969, 38.8655, 40.2282)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8A2 #B8566C

analogous

#56B871 #56B8A2 #569DB8

triadic

#56B8A2 #A256B8 #B8A256

tetradic

#56B8A2 #7156B8 #B8566C #9DB856

square

#56B8A2 #7156B8 #B8566C #9DB856

split-complementary

#56B8A2 #B8569D #B87156

monochromatic

#2C685A #3E9380 #56B8A2 #81CABA #ACDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#56B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#56B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8A2

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8A2	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B2AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.098 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcebd',
    500: '#56b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8a2;
$custom-light: #8dcebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.531,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71736,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8A2

secondary

#CAA0A9

accent

#5772D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8A2

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

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