#56BDAB#56BDAB

#56BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDAB
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -34.30, 0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 34.30, 179.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0998 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.1 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3828, 41.3111, 44.9456)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDAB #BD5668

analogous

#56BD78 #56BDAB #569CBD

triadic

#56BDAB #AB56BD #BDAB56

tetradic

#56BDAB #7856BD #BD5668 #9CBD56

square

#56BDAB #7856BD #BD5668 #9CBD56

split-complementary

#56BDAB #BD569C #BD7856

monochromatic

#2B6E62 #3C9A89 #56BDAB #82CEC1 #AEDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#56BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#56BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDAB

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1c4',
    500: '#56bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdab;
$custom-light: #8ed1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.515,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73224,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDAB

secondary

#CDA1A9

accent

#546AD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDAB

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

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