#56A5AE#56A5AE

#56A5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.079 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5AE
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -21.73, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 24.89, 209.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0712 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.079 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9298, 31.9425, 44.8880)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5AE #AE5F56

analogous

#56AE8B #56A5AE #5679AE

triadic

#56A5AE #AE56A5 #A5AE56

tetradic

#56A5AE #8B56AE #AE5F56 #79AE56

square

#56A5AE #8B56AE #AE5F56 #79AE56

split-complementary

#56A5AE #AE5679 #AE8B56

monochromatic

#2D585D #407F86 #56A5AE #7FBBC2 #A9D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#56A5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#56A5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5AE

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5AE	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.079 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0c6',
    500: '#56a5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5ae;
$custom-light: #8cc0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.136,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67526,
    "c": 0.07865,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5AE

secondary

#C3A09C

accent

#685DCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5AE

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

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