#56BBAF#56BBAF

#56BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.096 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBAF
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -32.34, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 32.47, 185.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0958 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.096 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3426, 40.6115, 46.8416)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBAF #BB5662

analogous

#56BB7C #56BBAF #5694BB

triadic

#56BBAF #AF56BB #BBAF56

tetradic

#56BBAF #7C56BB #BB5662 #94BB56

square

#56BBAF #7C56BB #BB5662 #94BB56

split-complementary

#56BBAF #BB5694 #BB7C56

monochromatic

#2B6B64 #3D978C #56BBAF #82CDC4 #ADDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#56BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#56BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBAF

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBAF	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.096 184.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.871,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBAF

secondary

#CCA1A6

accent

#5564D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBAF

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

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