#56BAA2#56BAA2

#56BAA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAA2
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 162)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 12.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -35.13, 3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 35.29, 174.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1005 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.101 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9153, 39.7023, 40.3676)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAA2 #BA566E

analogous

#56BA70 #56BAA2 #56A0BA

triadic

#56BAA2 #A256BA #BAA256

tetradic

#56BAA2 #7056BA #BA566E #A0BA56

square

#56BAA2 #7056BA #BA566E #A0BA56

split-complementary

#56BAA2 #BA56A0 #BA7056

monochromatic

#2B6A5B #3D9680 #56BAA2 #81CCBA #ADDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#56BAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#56BAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAA2

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAA2	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56baa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfbd',
    500: '#56baa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56baa2;
$custom-light: #8ecfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56baa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72225,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAA2

secondary

#CBA0AB

accent

#5674D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAA2

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

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