#56CBAE#56CBAE

#56CBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBAE
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -39.97, 4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 40.23, 173.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.1137 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.114 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8301, 47.7431, 47.5214)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBAE #CB5673

analogous

#56CB74 #56CBAE #56AECB

triadic

#56CBAE #AE56CB #CBAE56

tetradic

#56CBAE #7456CB #CB5673 #AECB56

square

#56CBAE #7456CB #CB5673 #AECB56

split-complementary

#56CBAE #CB56AE #CB7456

monochromatic

#277F6A #36AE90 #56CBAE #85D9C4 #B4E8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#56CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#56CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBAE

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBAE	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbc6',
    500: '#56cbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbae;
$custom-light: #90dbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.128,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76716,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBAE

secondary

#D6A6B2

accent

#4B6FDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBAE

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

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