#56CBAD#56CBAD

#56CBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBAD
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 14.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -40.21, 5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 40.53, 172.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.1142 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.115 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7330, 47.7042, 47.0099)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBAD #CB5674

analogous

#56CB73 #56CBAD #56AFCB

triadic

#56CBAD #AD56CB #CBAD56

tetradic

#56CBAD #7356CB #CB5674 #AFCB56

square

#56CBAD #7356CB #CB5674 #AFCB56

split-complementary

#56CBAD #CB56AF #CB7356

monochromatic

#277F69 #36AE8F #56CBAD #85D9C4 #B4E8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#56CBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#56CBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBAD

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBAD	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbc5',
    500: '#56cbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbad;
$custom-light: #90dbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.615,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76688,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBAD

secondary

#D6A6B3

accent

#4B71DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBAD

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

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