#56A4AF#56A4AF

#56A4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.078 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4AF
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 175)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -20.94, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 24.69, 212.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0696 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.078 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8480, 31.6223, 45.3434)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4AF #AF6156

analogous

#56AF8D #56A4AF #5677AF

triadic

#56A4AF #AF56A4 #A4AF56

tetradic

#56A4AF #8D56AF #AF6156 #77AF56

square

#56A4AF #8D56AF #AF6156 #77AF56

split-complementary

#56A4AF #AF5677 #AF8D56

monochromatic

#2D585E #407F88 #56A4AF #80BAC3 #A9D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#56A4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#56A4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4AF

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4AF	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)

#999FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CAAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.078 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfc6',
    500: '#56a4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4af;
$custom-light: #8cbfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.416,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67324,
    "c": 0.07841,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4AF

secondary

#C4A29D

accent

#6A5CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4AF

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

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