#56A299#56A299

#56A299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.077 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A299
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(173, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 5.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -25.82, -2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 25.96, 185.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0767 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.077 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5055, 30.1172, 34.7580)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A299 #A2565F

analogous

#56A273 #56A299 #5685A2

triadic

#56A299 #9956A2 #A29956

tetradic

#56A299 #7356A2 #A2565F #85A256

square

#56A299 #7356A2 #A2565F #85A256

split-complementary

#56A299 #A25685 #A27356

monochromatic

#2C524D #417A73 #56A299 #7CB9B2 #A4CFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#56A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#56A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A299

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A299	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E919A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.077 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbeb7',
    500: '#56a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a299;
$custom-light: #8bbeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.895,
    "s": 30.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66076,
    "c": 0.07711,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A299

secondary

#BC989C

accent

#616DC7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A299

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

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