#56C2B2#56C2B2

#56C2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.102 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2B2
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 178)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -34.87, -1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 34.89, 182.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.1021 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.102 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1619, 43.7733, 48.9177)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2B2 #C25666

analogous

#56C27C #56C2B2 #569CC2

triadic

#56C2B2 #B256C2 #C2B256

tetradic

#56C2B2 #7C56C2 #C25666 #9CC256

square

#56C2B2 #7C56C2 #C25666 #9CC256

split-complementary

#56C2B2 #C2569C #C27C56

monochromatic

#2A7469 #3AA192 #56C2B2 #83D2C6 #B0E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#56C2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#56C2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2B2

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2B2	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.102 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5c9',
    500: '#56c2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2b2;
$custom-light: #8fd5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74651,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2B2

secondary

#D1A3AA

accent

#5165D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2B2

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

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