#56A49A#56A49A

#56A49A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.079 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A49A
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 154)
HSL	hsl(172, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 0%, 6.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -26.56, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 26.66, 184.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0787 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.079 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9436, 30.8605, 35.3132)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A49A #A45660

analogous

#56A473 #56A49A #5687A4

triadic

#56A49A #9A56A4 #A49A56

tetradic

#56A49A #7356A4 #A45660 #87A456

square

#56A49A #7356A4 #A45660 #87A456

split-complementary

#56A49A #A45687 #A47356

monochromatic

#2C544F #417C74 #56A49A #7DBBB3 #A5D0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#56A49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#56A49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A49A

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A49A	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90939B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.079 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfb7',
    500: '#56a49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a49a;
$custom-light: #8bbfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.308,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66597,
    "c": 0.07896,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A49A

secondary

#BD999D

accent

#606EC7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A49A

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

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