#56BCAB#56BCAB

#56BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.099 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCAB
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -33.84, -0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 33.84, 180.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0987 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.099 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1684, 40.8824, 44.8741)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCAB #BC5667

analogous

#56BC78 #56BCAB #569ABC

triadic

#56BCAB #AB56BC #BCAB56

tetradic

#56BCAB #7856BC #BC5667 #9ABC56

square

#56BCAB #7856BC #BC5667 #9ABC56

split-complementary

#56BCAB #BC569A #BC7856

monochromatic

#2B6D62 #3C9889 #56BCAB #82CDC1 #AEDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#56BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#56BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCAB

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCAB	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.099 180.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72981,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCAB

secondary

#CDA1A8

accent

#556AD3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCAB

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

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