#56A4AE#56A4AE

#56A4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.078 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4AE
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -21.22, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 24.67, 210.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.07 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.078 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7502, 31.5832, 44.8281)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4AE #AE6056

analogous

#56AE8C #56A4AE #5678AE

triadic

#56A4AE #AE56A4 #A4AE56

tetradic

#56A4AE #8C56AE #AE6056 #78AE56

square

#56A4AE #8C56AE #AE6056 #78AE56

split-complementary

#56A4AE #AE5678 #AE8C56

monochromatic

#2D585D #407E86 #56A4AE #7FBAC2 #A9D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#56A4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#56A4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4AE

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4AE	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EAAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.078 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfc6',
    500: '#56a4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4ae;
$custom-light: #8cbfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67287,
    "c": 0.07814,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4AE

secondary

#C3A19C

accent

#695DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4AE

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

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