#56A3A5#56A3A5

#56A3A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.076 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3A5
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 165)
HSL	hsl(182, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 1.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -23.17, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 24.65, 199.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0727 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.076 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7238, 30.8874, 40.3017)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3A5 #A55856

analogous

#56A580 #56A3A5 #567CA5

triadic

#56A3A5 #A556A3 #A3A556

tetradic

#56A3A5 #8056A5 #A55856 #7CA556

square

#56A3A5 #8056A5 #A55856 #7CA556

split-complementary

#56A3A5 #A5567C #A58056

monochromatic

#2C5455 #417B7D #56A3A5 #7DBABB #A5CFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#56A3A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#56A3A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3A5

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3A5	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)

#9A9DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.076 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbebf',
    500: '#56a3a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3a5;
$custom-light: #8cbebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.519,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66723,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3A5

secondary

#BE9A99

accent

#6360C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3A5

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

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