#56A4AC#56A4AC

#56A4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.078 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4AC
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -21.77, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 24.65, 207.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0708 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.078 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5567, 31.5058, 43.8089)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4AC #AC5E56

analogous

#56AC89 #56A4AC #5679AC

triadic

#56A4AC #AC56A4 #A4AC56

tetradic

#56A4AC #8956AC #AC5E56 #79AC56

square

#56A4AC #8956AC #AC5E56 #79AC56

split-complementary

#56A4AC #AC5679 #AC8956

monochromatic

#2D575B #417E84 #56A4AC #7FBAC0 #A8D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#56A4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#56A4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4AC

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4AC	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.078 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfc4',
    500: '#56a4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4ac;
$custom-light: #8cbfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67214,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4AC

secondary

#C29F9C

accent

#685ECA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4AC

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

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