#56B8A4#56B8A4

#56B8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.097 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8A4
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -33.71, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 33.74, 177.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0973 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.097 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6761, 38.9372, 41.1719)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8A4 #B8566A

analogous

#56B873 #56B8A4 #569BB8

triadic

#56B8A4 #A456B8 #B8A456

tetradic

#56B8A4 #7356B8 #B8566A #9BB856

square

#56B8A4 #7356B8 #B8566A #9BB856

split-complementary

#56B8A4 #B8569B #B87356

monochromatic

#2C685C #3E9382 #56B8A4 #81CABB #ACDCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#56B8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#56B8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8A4

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8A4	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.097 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecebe',
    500: '#56b8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8a4;
$custom-light: #8ecebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.755,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8A4

secondary

#CAA0A8

accent

#5770D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8A4

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

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