#56A2A5#56A2A5

#56A2A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.076 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2A5
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 165)
HSL	hsl(182, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 1.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -22.66, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 24.33, 201.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0715 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.076 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5469, 30.5337, 40.2428)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2A5 #A55956

analogous

#56A581 #56A2A5 #567BA5

triadic

#56A2A5 #A556A2 #A2A556

tetradic

#56A2A5 #8156A5 #A55956 #7BA556

square

#56A2A5 #8156A5 #A55956 #7BA556

split-complementary

#56A2A5 #A5567B #A58156

monochromatic

#2C5355 #417B7D #56A2A5 #7DB9BB #A5CFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#56A2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#56A2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2A5

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2A5	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.076 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdbf',
    500: '#56a2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2a5;
$custom-light: #8cbdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.278,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66481,
    "c": 0.07553,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2A5

secondary

#BE9A99

accent

#6460C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2A5

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

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