#56A2AA#56A2AA

#56A2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.076 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2AA
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -21.29, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 24.17, 208.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0693 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.076 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0109, 30.7193, 42.6865)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2AA #AA5E56

analogous

#56AA88 #56A2AA #5678AA

triadic

#56A2AA #AA56A2 #A2AA56

tetradic

#56A2AA #8856AA #AA5E56 #78AA56

square

#56A2AA #8856AA #AA5E56 #78AA56

split-complementary

#56A2AA #AA5678 #AA8856

monochromatic

#2D5559 #417B82 #56A2AA #7FB8BE #A7CFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#56A2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#56A2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2AA

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2AA	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.076 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdc3',
    500: '#56a2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2aa;
$custom-light: #8cbdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66661,
    "c": 0.07617,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2AA

secondary

#C19F9B

accent

#695FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2AA

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

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