#56A6AC#56A6AC

#56A6AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.079 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6AC
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 172)
HSL	hsl(184, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -22.80, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 25.17, 205.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0732 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.079 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9174, 32.2273, 43.9291)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6AC #AC5C56

analogous

#56AC87 #56A6AC #567BAC

triadic

#56A6AC #AC56A6 #A6AC56

tetradic

#56A6AC #8756AC #AC5C56 #7BAC56

square

#56A6AC #8756AC #AC5C56 #7BAC56

split-complementary

#56A6AC #AC567B #AC8756

monochromatic

#2D585B #417F84 #56A6AC #7FBCC0 #A8D1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#56A6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#56A6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6AC

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6AC	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.079 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0c4',
    500: '#56a6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6ac;
$custom-light: #8cc0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.186,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67694,
    "c": 0.07887,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6AC

secondary

#C29E9C

accent

#655ECA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6AC

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

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