#56A2A3#56A2A3

#56A2A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.075 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2A3
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 163)
HSL	hsl(181, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, -23.20, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 24.48, 198.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0723 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.075 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3663, 30.4615, 39.2915)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2A3 #A35756

analogous

#56A37E #56A2A3 #567CA3

triadic

#56A2A3 #A356A2 #A2A356

tetradic

#56A2A3 #7E56A3 #A35756 #7CA356

square

#56A2A3 #7E56A3 #A35756 #7CA356

split-complementary

#56A2A3 #A3567C #A37E56

monochromatic

#2C5253 #417A7B #56A2A3 #7CB9BA #A4CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#56A2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#56A2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2A3

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2A3	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.075 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdbe',
    500: '#56a2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2a3;
$custom-light: #8bbdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.779,
    "s": 30.924,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66411,
    "c": 0.07549,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2A3

secondary

#BD9998

accent

#6261C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2A3

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

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