#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
RGBrgb(86, 184, 175)
HSLhsl(174, 41%, 53%)
HSVhsv(174, 53%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(53.3%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.01, -30.91, -4.19)
CIE-LCHlch(69.01, 31.19, 187.73°)
OKLaboklab(72.14% -0.0924 -0.0118)
OKLCHoklch(72.14% 0.093 187.3)
XYZxyz(28.7128, 39.3519, 46.6317)
Luminance0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##56B8AF1.002.378.878.87
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8721.001.001.00
##0000008.8721.001.001.00

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

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#56B8AF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva