#56BFAD#56BFAD

#56BFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.101 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFAD
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -34.74, -0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 34.74, 180.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.1011 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.101 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0080, 42.2543, 46.1016)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFAD #BF5668

analogous

#56BF79 #56BFAD #569DBF

triadic

#56BFAD #AD56BF #BFAD56

tetradic

#56BFAD #7956BF #BF5668 #9DBF56

square

#56BFAD #7956BF #BF5668 #9DBF56

split-complementary

#56BFAD #BF569D #BF7956

monochromatic

#2A7064 #3B9D8C #56BFAD #82D0C3 #AFE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#56BFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFAD

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFAD	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.101 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3c5',
    500: '#56bfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfad;
$custom-light: #8fd3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73771,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFAD

secondary

#CFA2AA

accent

#5369D5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFAD

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

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