#56AA99#56AA99

#56AA99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.086 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AA99
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -29.76, 0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 29.77, 178.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0862 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.086 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9598, 33.0258, 35.2428)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AA99 #AA5667

analogous

#56AA6F #56AA99 #5691AA

triadic

#56AA99 #9956AA #AA9956

tetradic

#56AA99 #6F56AA #AA5667 #91AA56

square

#56AA99 #6F56AA #AA5667 #91AA56

split-complementary

#56AA99 #AA5691 #AA6F56

monochromatic

#2D5950 #418275 #56AA99 #7FBEB2 #A7D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#56AA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#56AA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AA99

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AA99	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97979A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.086 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3b7',
    500: '#56aa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aa99;
$custom-light: #8cc3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.857,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68036,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AA99

secondary

#C19BA3

accent

#5F74C9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AA99

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

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