#56A79E#56A79E

#56A79E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.081 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A79E
RGB	rgb(86, 167, 158)
HSL	hsl(173, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -27.03, -3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 27.19, 186.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0804 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.081 186)
XYZ	xyz(23.8255, 32.0825, 37.2781)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A79E #A7565F

analogous

#56A775 #56A79E #5688A7

triadic

#56A79E #9E56A7 #A79E56

tetradic

#56A79E #7556A7 #A7565F #88A756

square

#56A79E #7556A7 #A7565F #88A756

split-complementary

#56A79E #A75688 #A77556

monochromatic

#2C5652 #417F78 #56A79E #7EBCB5 #A6D1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#56A79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#56A79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A79E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A79E	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DAAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 167, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.081 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1ba',
    500: '#56a79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a79e;
$custom-light: #8cc1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 32.016,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67459,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.32084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A79E

secondary

#BF9A9E

accent

#606BC8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A79E

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

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