#56BFAB#56BFAB

#56BFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.102 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFAB
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -35.24, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 35.25, 178.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.102 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.102 179)
XYZ	xyz(29.8160, 42.1775, 45.0900)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFAB #BF566A

analogous

#56BF77 #56BFAB #569FBF

triadic

#56BFAB #AB56BF #BFAB56

tetradic

#56BFAB #7756BF #BF566A #9FBF56

square

#56BFAB #7756BF #BF566A #9FBF56

split-complementary

#56BFAB #BF569F #BF7756

monochromatic

#2A7063 #3B9D8A #56BFAB #82D0C1 #AFE1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56BFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#56BFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFAB

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFAB	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.102 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3c4',
    500: '#56bfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfab;
$custom-light: #8fd3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73711,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.4218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFAB

secondary

#CFA2AB

accent

#536CD5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFAB

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

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