#56A6AF#56A6AF

#56A6AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.079 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6AF
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 175)
HSL	hsl(186, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -21.97, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 25.13, 209.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0719 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.079 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2088, 32.3438, 45.4637)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6AF #AF5F56

analogous

#56AF8B #56A6AF #5679AF

triadic

#56A6AF #AF56A6 #A6AF56

tetradic

#56A6AF #8B56AF #AF5F56 #79AF56

square

#56A6AF #8B56AF #AF5F56 #79AF56

split-complementary

#56A6AF #AF5679 #AF8B56

monochromatic

#2D595E #408088 #56A6AF #80BCC3 #A9D2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#56A6AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#56A6AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6AF

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6AF	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D96AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.079 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc0c6',
    500: '#56a6af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6af;
$custom-light: #8dc0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.067,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67803,
    "c": 0.0794,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6AF

secondary

#C4A19D

accent

#675CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6AF

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

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