#56BFA8#56BFA8

#56BFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFA8
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(167, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -35.98, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 36.06, 176.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.1033 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.104 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5333, 42.0644, 43.6011)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFA8 #BF566D

analogous

#56BF74 #56BFA8 #56A2BF

triadic

#56BFA8 #A856BF #BFA856

tetradic

#56BFA8 #7456BF #BF566D #A2BF56

square

#56BFA8 #7456BF #BF566D #A2BF56

split-complementary

#56BFA8 #BF56A2 #BF7456

monochromatic

#2A7061 #3B9D87 #56BFA8 #82D0BF #AFE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56BFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#56BFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFA8

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFA8	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3c1',
    500: '#56bfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfa8;
$custom-light: #8ed3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73622,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFA8

secondary

#CFA2AC

accent

#536FD5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFA8

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

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