#56BCAF#56BCAF

#56BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.097 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCAF
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -32.82, -2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 32.91, 184.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0969 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.097 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5555, 41.0372, 46.9126)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCAF #BC5663

analogous

#56BC7C #56BCAF #5696BC

triadic

#56BCAF #AF56BC #BCAF56

tetradic

#56BCAF #7C56BC #BC5663 #96BC56

square

#56BCAF #7C56BC #BC5663 #96BC56

split-complementary

#56BCAF #BC5696 #BC7C56

monochromatic

#2B6D64 #3C988D #56BCAF #82CDC4 #AEDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#56BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCAF

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCAF	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.097 184.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.353,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73105,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCAF

secondary

#CDA1A7

accent

#5565D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCAF

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

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