#56A4B2#56A4B2

#56A4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.079 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4B2
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 178)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -20.09, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 24.85, 216.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0683 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.079 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1459, 31.7415, 46.9124)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4B2 #B26456

analogous

#56B292 #56A4B2 #5676B2

triadic

#56A4B2 #B256A4 #A4B256

tetradic

#56A4B2 #9256B2 #B26456 #76B256

square

#56A4B2 #9256B2 #B26456 #76B256

split-complementary

#56A4B2 #B25676 #B29256

monochromatic

#2C5961 #3F808B #56A4B2 #80BBC5 #AAD1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#56A4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#56A4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4B2

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4B2	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.079 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfc9',
    500: '#56a4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4b2;
$custom-light: #8dbfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67436,
    "c": 0.0794,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4B2

secondary

#C6A49E

accent

#6C5ACD

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4B2

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

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