#56A0AE#56A0AE

#56A0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.076 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0AE
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -19.13, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 23.93, 216.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0653 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.076 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0456, 30.1740, 44.5932)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0AE #AE6456

analogous

#56AE90 #56A0AE #5674AE

triadic

#56A0AE #AE56A0 #A0AE56

tetradic

#56A0AE #9056AE #AE6456 #74AE56

square

#56A0AE #9056AE #AE6456 #74AE56

split-complementary

#56A0AE #AE5674 #AE9056

monochromatic

#2D555D #407B86 #56A0AE #7FB7C2 #A9CFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#56A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#56A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0AE

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0AE	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8691AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.076 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbcc6',
    500: '#56a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0ae;
$custom-light: #8cbcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.545,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66331,
    "c": 0.07645,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0AE

secondary

#C3A39C

accent

#6E5DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0AE

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

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