#56A8A2#56A8A2

#56A8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.081 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8A2
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -26.49, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 26.89, 189.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0798 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.081 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3593, 32.5902, 39.1823)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8A2 #A8565C

analogous

#56A879 #56A8A2 #5685A8

triadic

#56A8A2 #A256A8 #A8A256

tetradic

#56A8A2 #7956A8 #A8565C #85A856

square

#56A8A2 #7956A8 #A8565C #85A856

split-complementary

#56A8A2 #A85685 #A87956

monochromatic

#2D5754 #41807B #56A8A2 #7EBDB8 #A7D2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#56A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#56A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8A2

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8A2	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.081 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2bd',
    500: '#56a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8a2;
$custom-light: #8cc2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.61,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67833,
    "c": 0.08089,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8A2

secondary

#BF9A9D

accent

#5F67C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8A2

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

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