#56A9AF#56A9AF

#56A9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.081 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9AF
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 175)
HSL	hsl(184, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -23.50, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 25.89, 204.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0754 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.081 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7605, 33.4472, 45.6476)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9AF #AF5C56

analogous

#56AF88 #56A9AF #567CAF

triadic

#56A9AF #AF56A9 #A9AF56

tetradic

#56A9AF #8856AF #AF5C56 #7CAF56

square

#56A9AF #8856AF #AF5C56 #7CAF56

split-complementary

#56A9AF #AF567C #AF8856

monochromatic

#2D5B5E #408388 #56A9AF #80BEC3 #A9D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#56A9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#56A9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9AF

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9AF	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.081 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc3c6',
    500: '#56a9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9af;
$custom-light: #8dc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.045,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68522,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9AF

secondary

#C49F9D

accent

#645CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9AF

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

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