#56A8A5#56A8A5

#56A8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.080 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8A5
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -25.70, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 26.43, 193.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0785 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.08 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6292, 32.6982, 40.6035)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8A5 #A85659

analogous

#56A87C #56A8A5 #5682A8

triadic

#56A8A5 #A556A8 #A8A556

tetradic

#56A8A5 #7C56A8 #A85659 #82A856

square

#56A8A5 #7C56A8 #A85659 #82A856

split-complementary

#56A8A5 #A85682 #A87C56

monochromatic

#2D5755 #41807D #56A8A5 #7EBDBB #A7D2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#56A8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#56A8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8A5

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8A5	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.080 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2bf',
    500: '#56a8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8a5;
$custom-light: #8cc2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.805,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67933,
    "c": 0.08037,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8A5

secondary

#BF9A9C

accent

#5F63C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8A5

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

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