#56A2AD#56A2AD

#56A2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.077 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2AD
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -20.46, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 24.22, 212.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.0681 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.077 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2980, 30.8341, 44.1982)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2AD #AD6156

analogous

#56AD8C #56A2AD #5676AD

triadic

#56A2AD #AD56A2 #A2AD56

tetradic

#56A2AD #8C56AD #AD6156 #76AD56

square

#56A2AD #8C56AD #AD6156 #76AD56

split-complementary

#56A2AD #AD5676 #AD8C56

monochromatic

#2D565C #417D85 #56A2AD #7FB9C1 #A8CFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#56A2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#56A2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2AD

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2AD	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.077 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdc5',
    500: '#56a2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2ad;
$custom-light: #8cbdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.586,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66771,
    "c": 0.07692,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2AD

secondary

#C3A19C

accent

#6B5DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2AD

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

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