#56BCA5#56BCA5

#56BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCA5
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -35.33, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 35.43, 175.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1014 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.102 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6095, 40.6588, 41.9303)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCA5 #BC566D

analogous

#56BC72 #56BCA5 #56A0BC

triadic

#56BCA5 #A556BC #BCA556

tetradic

#56BCA5 #7256BC #BC566D #A0BC56

square

#56BCA5 #7256BC #BC566D #A0BC56

split-complementary

#56BCA5 #BC56A0 #BC7256

monochromatic

#2B6D5E #3C9884 #56BCA5 #82CDBC #AEDFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#56BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#56BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCA5

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCA5	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0bf',
    500: '#56bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bca5;
$custom-light: #8ed0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.471,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCA5

secondary

#CDA1AB

accent

#5571D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCA5

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

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