#56B8AF#56B8AF

#56B8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.093 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8AF
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -30.91, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 31.19, 187.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0924 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.093 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7128, 39.3519, 46.6317)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8AF #B8565F

analogous

#56B87E #56B8AF #5690B8

triadic

#56B8AF #AF56B8 #B8AF56

tetradic

#56B8AF #7E56B8 #B8565F #90B856

square

#56B8AF #7E56B8 #B8565F #90B856

split-complementary

#56B8AF #B85690 #B87E56

monochromatic

#2C6862 #3E938B #56B8AF #81CAC3 #ACDCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#56B8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#56B8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8AF

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8AF	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.093 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdc6',
    500: '#56b8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8af;
$custom-light: #8ecdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.49,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8AF

secondary

#CAA0A4

accent

#5762D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8AF

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

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