#56BEAB#56BEAB

#56BEAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.101 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEAB
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -34.77, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 34.77, 179.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1009 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.101 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5986, 41.7428, 45.0175)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEAB #BE5669

analogous

#56BE77 #56BEAB #569DBE

triadic

#56BEAB #AB56BE #BEAB56

tetradic

#56BEAB #7756BE #BE5669 #9DBE56

square

#56BEAB #7756BE #BE5669 #9DBE56

split-complementary

#56BEAB #BE569D #BE7756

monochromatic

#2B6F62 #3C9B8A #56BEAB #82CFC1 #AEE0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#56BEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEAB

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEAB	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56beab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.101 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2c4',
    500: '#56beab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56beab;
$custom-light: #8ed2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56beab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.038,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEAB

secondary

#CEA2AA

accent

#546BD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEAB

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

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