#56A2AE#56A2AE

#56A2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.077 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2AE
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -20.18, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 24.27, 213.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0677 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.077 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3951, 30.8730, 44.7097)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2AE #AE6256

analogous

#56AE8E #56A2AE #5676AE

triadic

#56A2AE #AE56A2 #A2AE56

tetradic

#56A2AE #8E56AE #AE6256 #76AE56

square

#56A2AE #8E56AE #AE6256 #76AE56

split-complementary

#56A2AE #AE5676 #AE8E56

monochromatic

#2D565D #407D86 #56A2AE #7FB9C2 #A9D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#56A2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#56A2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2AE

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2AE	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.077 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdc6',
    500: '#56a2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2ae;
$custom-light: #8cbdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66808,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2AE

secondary

#C3A29C

accent

#6C5DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2AE

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

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