#56BBAE#56BBAE

#56BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.096 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBAE
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -32.60, -2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 32.69, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0962 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.096 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2447, 40.5723, 46.3263)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBAE #BB5663

analogous

#56BB7B #56BBAE #5695BB

triadic

#56BBAE #AE56BB #BBAE56

tetradic

#56BBAE #7B56BB #BB5663 #95BB56

square

#56BBAE #7B56BB #BB5663 #95BB56

split-complementary

#56BBAE #BB5695 #BB7B56

monochromatic

#2B6B63 #3D978B #56BBAE #82CDC3 #ADDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#56BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#56BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBAE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBAE	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ABEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.096 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c6',
    500: '#56bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbae;
$custom-light: #8ed0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.277,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72832,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBAE

secondary

#CCA1A6

accent

#5565D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBAE

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

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