#56BDAA#56BDAA

#56BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDAA
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -34.55, 0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 34.56, 179.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.1002 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.1 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2878, 41.2731, 44.4455)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDAA #BD5669

analogous

#56BD77 #56BDAA #569DBD

triadic

#56BDAA #AA56BD #BDAA56

tetradic

#56BDAA #7756BD #BD5669 #9DBD56

square

#56BDAA #7756BD #BD5669 #9DBD56

split-complementary

#56BDAA #BD569D #BD7756

monochromatic

#2B6E61 #3C9A88 #56BDAA #82CEC0 #AEDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#56BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#56BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDAA

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDAA	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1c3',
    500: '#56bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdaa;
$custom-light: #8ed1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.932,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73194,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDAA

secondary

#CDA1AA

accent

#546CD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDAA

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

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