#56BBAD#56BBAD

#56BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.097 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBAD
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -32.86, -1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 32.91, 183.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0966 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.097 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1476, 40.5335, 45.8148)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBAD #BB5664

analogous

#56BB7A #56BBAD #5696BB

triadic

#56BBAD #AD56BB #BBAD56

tetradic

#56BBAD #7A56BB #BB5664 #96BB56

square

#56BBAD #7A56BB #BB5664 #96BB56

split-complementary

#56BBAD #BB5696 #BB7A56

monochromatic

#2B6B62 #3D978B #56BBAD #82CDC2 #ADDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#56BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#56BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBAD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBAD	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DBEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.097 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c5',
    500: '#56bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbad;
$custom-light: #8ed0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.683,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.728,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBAD

secondary

#CCA1A7

accent

#5567D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBAD

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

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