#56979F#56979F

#56979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.068 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56979F
RGB	rgb(86, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(187, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -18.58, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 21.43, 209.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0608 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.068 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1600, 26.6132, 36.8160)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56979F #9F5E56

analogous

#569F82 #56979F #56729F

triadic

#56979F #9F5697 #979F56

tetradic

#56979F #82569F #9F5E56 #729F56

square

#56979F #82569F #9F5E56 #729F56

split-complementary

#56979F #9F5672 #9F8256

monochromatic

#2B4C50 #417177 #56979F #7BB1B7 #A2C8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#56979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#56979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56979F

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56979F	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.068 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5bb',
    500: '#56979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56979f;
$custom-light: #8ab5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.575,
    "s": 29.796,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63612,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56979F

secondary

#BA9A96

accent

#6D62C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #56979F

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

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