#56BDAE#56BDAE

#56BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDAE
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -33.55, -1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 33.58, 182.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0984 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.099 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6720, 41.4268, 46.4687)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDAE #BD5665

analogous

#56BD7B #56BDAE #5699BD

triadic

#56BDAE #AE56BD #BDAE56

tetradic

#56BDAE #7B56BD #BD5665 #99BD56

square

#56BDAE #7B56BD #BD5665 #99BD56

split-complementary

#56BDAE #BD5699 #BD7B56

monochromatic

#2B6E64 #3C9A8C #56BDAE #82CEC3 #AEDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#56BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#56BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDAE

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDAE	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1c6',
    500: '#56bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdae;
$custom-light: #8fd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.262,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73316,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDAE

secondary

#CDA1A8

accent

#5467D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDAE

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

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