#56B8A5#56B8A5

#56B8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.097 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8A5
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -33.46, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 33.47, 178.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0969 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.097 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7668, 38.9735, 41.6494)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8A5 #B85669

analogous

#56B874 #56B8A5 #569AB8

triadic

#56B8A5 #A556B8 #B8A556

tetradic

#56B8A5 #7456B8 #B85669 #9AB856

square

#56B8A5 #7456B8 #B85669 #9AB856

split-complementary

#56B8A5 #B8569A #B87456

monochromatic

#2C685C #3E9382 #56B8A5 #81CABC #ACDCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#56B8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#56B8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8A5

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8A5	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.097 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecebf',
    500: '#56b8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8a5;
$custom-light: #8ecebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.367,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71825,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8A5

secondary

#CAA0A8

accent

#576FD1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8A5

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

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