#56BCAD#56BCAD

#56BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.098 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCAD
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -33.33, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 33.36, 182.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0978 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.098 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3605, 40.9592, 45.8857)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCAD #BC5665

analogous

#56BC7A #56BCAD #5698BC

triadic

#56BCAD #AD56BC #BCAD56

tetradic

#56BCAD #7A56BC #BC5665 #98BC56

square

#56BCAD #7A56BC #BC5665 #98BC56

split-complementary

#56BCAD #BC5698 #BC7A56

monochromatic

#2B6D63 #3C988B #56BCAD #82CDC2 #AEDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#56BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCAD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCAD	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CBFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.098 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c5',
    500: '#56bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcad;
$custom-light: #8ed0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73043,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCAD

secondary

#CDA1A8

accent

#5567D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCAD

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

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