#56CDAD#56CDAD

#56CDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDAD
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -41.10, 5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 41.53, 171.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.1163 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.117 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2084, 48.6549, 47.1683)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDAD #CD5676

analogous

#56CD72 #56CDAD #56B1CD

triadic

#56CDAD #AD56CD #CDAD56

tetradic

#56CDAD #7256CD #CD5676 #B1CD56

square

#56CDAD #7256CD #CD5676 #B1CD56

split-complementary

#56CDAD #CD56B1 #CD7256

monochromatic

#268269 #34B190 #56CDAD #85DBC4 #B4E9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#56CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#56CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDAD

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDAD	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddc5',
    500: '#56cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdad;
$custom-light: #90ddc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.866,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77175,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDAD

secondary

#D8A7B4

accent

#4A72DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDAD

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

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