#56A5AB#56A5AB

#56A5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.078 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5AB
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(184, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -22.56, -10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 24.93, 205.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0724 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.078 202)
XYZ	xyz(24.6407, 31.8268, 43.3649)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5AB #AB5C56

analogous

#56AB86 #56A5AB #567AAB

triadic

#56A5AB #AB56A5 #A5AB56

tetradic

#56A5AB #8656AB #AB5C56 #7AAB56

square

#56A5AB #8656AB #AB5C56 #7AAB56

split-complementary

#56A5AB #AB567A #AB8656

monochromatic

#2D575A #417E83 #56A5AB #7FBBBF #A8D1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#56A5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#56A5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5AB

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5AB	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.078 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0c4',
    500: '#56a5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5ab;
$custom-light: #8cc0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.235,
    "s": 33.597,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67418,
    "c": 0.07811,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.31829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5AB

secondary

#C19E9B

accent

#665ECA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5AB

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

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