#56A3AD#56A3AD

#56A3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.077 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3AD
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -20.98, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 24.43, 210.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% -0.0693 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.077 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4748, 31.1878, 44.2571)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3AD #AD6056

analogous

#56AD8B #56A3AD #5677AD

triadic

#56A3AD #AD56A3 #A3AD56

tetradic

#56A3AD #8B56AD #AD6056 #77AD56

square

#56A3AD #8B56AD #AD6056 #77AD56

split-complementary

#56A3AD #AD5677 #AD8B56

monochromatic

#2D575C #417D85 #56A3AD #7FB9C1 #A8D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#56A3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#56A3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3AD

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3AD	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.077 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbec5',
    500: '#56a3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3ad;
$custom-light: #8cbec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.897,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67011,
    "c": 0.07739,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3AD

secondary

#C3A19C

accent

#6A5DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3AD

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

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