#56A899#56A899

#56A899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.084 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A899
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(169, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -28.79, 0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 28.79, 179.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0839 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.084 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5878, 32.2816, 35.1188)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A899 #A85665

analogous

#56A870 #56A899 #568EA8

triadic

#56A899 #9956A8 #A89956

tetradic

#56A899 #7056A8 #A85665 #8EA856

square

#56A899 #7056A8 #A85665 #8EA856

split-complementary

#56A899 #A8568E #A87056

monochromatic

#2D574F #418074 #56A899 #7EBDB2 #A7D2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#56A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#56A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A899

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A899	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95969A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.084 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2b7',
    500: '#56a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a899;
$custom-light: #8bc2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.024,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67545,
    "c": 0.08389,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A899

secondary

#BF9AA1

accent

#5F73C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A899

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

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