#56A2AF#56A2AF

#56A2AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.078 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2AF
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 175)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -19.90, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 24.32, 215.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0673 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.078 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4929, 30.9121, 45.2250)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2AF #AF6356

analogous

#56AF8F #56A2AF #5675AF

triadic

#56A2AF #AF56A2 #A2AF56

tetradic

#56A2AF #8F56AF #AF6356 #75AF56

square

#56A2AF #8F56AF #AF6356 #75AF56

split-complementary

#56A2AF #AF5675 #AF8F56

monochromatic

#2D575E #407D88 #56A2AF #80B9C3 #A9D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#56A2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#56A2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2AF

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2AF	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#969DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.078 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdc6',
    500: '#56a2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2af;
$custom-light: #8cbdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.764,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66846,
    "c": 0.07756,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2AF

secondary

#C4A29D

accent

#6C5CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2AF

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

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