#56BCAC#56BCAC

#56BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.098 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCAC
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -33.58, -0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 33.59, 181.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0982 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.098 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2641, 40.9207, 45.3780)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCAC #BC5666

analogous

#56BC79 #56BCAC #5699BC

triadic

#56BCAC #AC56BC #BCAC56

tetradic

#56BCAC #7956BC #BC5666 #99BC56

square

#56BCAC #7956BC #BC5666 #99BC56

split-complementary

#56BCAC #BC5699 #BC7956

monochromatic

#2B6D62 #3C988A #56BCAC #82CDC2 #AEDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#56BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#56BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCAC

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCAC	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)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EBFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.098 181.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.588,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCAC

secondary

#CDA1A8

accent

#5569D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCAC

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

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