#56BAAE#56BAAE

#56BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.095 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAAE
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -32.13, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 32.25, 184.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0951 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.095 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0333, 40.1495, 46.2558)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAAE #BA5662

analogous

#56BA7C #56BAAE #5694BA

triadic

#56BAAE #AE56BA #BAAE56

tetradic

#56BAAE #7C56BA #BA5662 #94BA56

square

#56BAAE #7C56BA #BA5662 #94BA56

split-complementary

#56BAAE #BA5694 #BA7C56

monochromatic

#2B6A63 #3D968B #56BAAE #81CCC3 #ADDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#56BAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#56BAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAAE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAAE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.095 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfc6',
    500: '#56baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56baae;
$custom-light: #8ecfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72589,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAAE

secondary

#CBA0A6

accent

#5665D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAAE

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

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