#56BFAC#56BFAC

#56BFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.102 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFAC
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 172)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 9.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -34.99, 0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 34.99, 179.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.1015 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.102 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9116, 42.2158, 45.5939)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFAC #BF5669

analogous

#56BF78 #56BFAC #569EBF

triadic

#56BFAC #AC56BF #BFAC56

tetradic

#56BFAC #7856BF #BF5669 #9EBF56

square

#56BFAC #7856BF #BF5669 #9EBF56

split-complementary

#56BFAC #BF569E #BF7856

monochromatic

#2A7064 #3B9D8B #56BFAC #82D0C2 #AFE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#56BFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFAC

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFAC	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.102 179.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73741,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFAC

secondary

#CFA2AA

accent

#536BD5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFAC

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

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