#56AA8A#56AA8A

#56AA8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.096 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AA8A
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(157, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -33.32, 8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 34.44, 165.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0932 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.096 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7979, 32.5610, 29.1234)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AA8A #AA5676

analogous

#56AA60 #56AA8A #56A0AA

triadic

#56AA8A #8A56AA #AA8A56

tetradic

#56AA8A #6056AA #AA5676 #A0AA56

square

#56AA8A #6056AA #AA5676 #A0AA56

split-complementary

#56AA8A #AA56A0 #AA6056

monochromatic

#2D5948 #418269 #56AA8A #7FBEA6 #A7D3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#56AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#56AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AA8A

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AA8A	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A978C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.096 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4ac',
    500: '#56aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aa8a;
$custom-light: #8bc4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.143,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67604,
    "c": 0.09583,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AA8A

secondary

#C19BA9

accent

#5F87C9

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AA8A

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

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