#56A3AF#56A3AF

#56A3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.078 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3AF
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -20.42, -13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 24.50, 213.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.0684 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.078 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6698, 31.2658, 45.2840)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3AF #AF6256

analogous

#56AF8E #56A3AF #5676AF

triadic

#56A3AF #AF56A3 #A3AF56

tetradic

#56A3AF #8E56AF #AF6256 #76AF56

square

#56A3AF #8E56AF #AF6256 #76AF56

split-complementary

#56A3AF #AF5676 #AF8E56

monochromatic

#2D575E #407E88 #56A3AF #80BAC3 #A9D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#56A3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#56A3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3AF

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3AF	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.078 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbec6',
    500: '#56a3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3af;
$custom-light: #8cbec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.09,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67085,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3AF

secondary

#C4A29D

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3AF

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

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