#56BCAE#56BCAE

#56BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.097 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCAE
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -33.07, -1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 33.13, 183.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0973 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.097 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4576, 40.9981, 46.3972)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCAE #BC5664

analogous

#56BC7B #56BCAE #5697BC

triadic

#56BCAE #AE56BC #BCAE56

tetradic

#56BCAE #7B56BC #BC5664 #97BC56

square

#56BCAE #7B56BC #BC5664 #97BC56

split-complementary

#56BCAE #BC5697 #BC7B56

monochromatic

#2B6D64 #3C988C #56BCAE #82CDC3 #AEDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#56BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCAE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCAE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.097 183.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73074,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCAE

secondary

#CDA1A7

accent

#5566D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCAE

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

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