#56B8A3#56B8A3

#56B8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.098 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8A3
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(167, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -33.95, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 34.01, 176.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0978 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.098 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5862, 38.9012, 40.6982)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8A3 #B8566B

analogous

#56B872 #56B8A3 #569CB8

triadic

#56B8A3 #A356B8 #B8A356

tetradic

#56B8A3 #7256B8 #B8566B #9CB856

square

#56B8A3 #7256B8 #B8566B #9CB856

split-complementary

#56B8A3 #B8569C #B87256

monochromatic

#2C685B #3E9381 #56B8A3 #81CABA #ACDCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#56B8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#56B8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8A3

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8A3	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.098 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcebe',
    500: '#56b8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8a3;
$custom-light: #8dcebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71766,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8A3

secondary

#CAA0A9

accent

#5771D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8A3

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

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