#56A197#56A197

#56A197 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.077 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A197
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 151)
HSL	hsl(172, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 47%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 0%, 6.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -25.83, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 25.91, 184.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0764 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.077 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1663, 29.7007, 33.8369)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A197 #A15660

analogous

#56A171 #56A197 #5685A1

triadic

#56A197 #9756A1 #A19756

tetradic

#56A197 #7156A1 #A15660 #85A156

square

#56A197 #7156A1 #A15660 #85A156

split-complementary

#56A197 #A15685 #A17156

monochromatic

#2B514C #417972 #56A197 #7BB9B1 #A3CEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#56A197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#56A197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A197

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A197	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.077 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdb5',
    500: '#56a197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a197;
$custom-light: #8bbdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 30.364,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65767,
    "c": 0.07668,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A197

secondary

#BC979C

accent

#616FC7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A197

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

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