#56B2A2#56B2A2

#56B2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.091 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2A2
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 162)
HSL	hsl(170, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -31.36, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 31.36, 180.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0914 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.091 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2769, 36.4255, 39.8215)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2A2 #B25666

analogous

#56B274 #56B2A2 #5694B2

triadic

#56B2A2 #A256B2 #B2A256

tetradic

#56B2A2 #7456B2 #B25666 #94B256

square

#56B2A2 #7456B2 #B25666 #94B256

split-complementary

#56B2A2 #B25694 #B27456

monochromatic

#2C6158 #3F8B7E #56B2A2 #80C5B9 #AAD8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56B2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#56B2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2A2

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2A2	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.091 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9bd',
    500: '#56b2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2a2;
$custom-light: #8dc9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7027,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2A2

secondary

#C69EA5

accent

#5A6ECD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2A2

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

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