#56BBAB#56BBAB

#56BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.098 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBAB
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -33.36, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 33.38, 181.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0975 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.098 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9556, 40.4566, 44.8032)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBAB #BB5666

analogous

#56BB78 #56BBAB #5698BB

triadic

#56BBAB #AB56BB #BBAB56

tetradic

#56BBAB #7856BB #BB5666 #98BB56

square

#56BBAB #7856BB #BB5666 #98BB56

split-complementary

#56BBAB #BB5698 #BB7856

monochromatic

#2B6B61 #3D9789 #56BBAB #82CDC1 #ADDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#56BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#56BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBAB

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBAB	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.098 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c4',
    500: '#56bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbab;
$custom-light: #8ed0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.495,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72738,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBAB

secondary

#CCA1A8

accent

#5569D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBAB

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

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