#56B3A3#56B3A3

#56B3A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.092 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3A3
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 163)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 8.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -31.59, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 31.59, 180.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0921 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.092 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5659, 36.8606, 40.3581)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3A3 #B35666

analogous

#56B375 #56B3A3 #5695B3

triadic

#56B3A3 #A356B3 #B3A356

tetradic

#56B3A3 #7556B3 #B35666 #95B356

square

#56B3A3 #7556B3 #B35666 #95B356

split-complementary

#56B3A3 #B35695 #B37556

monochromatic

#2C6259 #3F8D7F #56B3A3 #80C6BA #AAD9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56B3A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#56B3A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3A3

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3A3	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.092 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcabe',
    500: '#56b3a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3a3;
$custom-light: #8dcabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.677,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70544,
    "c": 0.09213,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3A3

secondary

#C79EA5

accent

#5A6ECE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3A3

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

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