#56A591#56A591

#56A591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.084 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A591
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(165, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 12.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -29.29, 2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 29.43, 174.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.084 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.084 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4016, 30.9312, 31.5724)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A591 #A5566A

analogous

#56A56A #56A591 #5692A5

triadic

#56A591 #9156A5 #A59156

tetradic

#56A591 #6A56A5 #A5566A #92A556

square

#56A591 #6A56A5 #A5566A #92A556

split-complementary

#56A591 #A55692 #A56A56

monochromatic

#2C554A #417D6E #56A591 #7DBBAB #A5D0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#56A591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#56A591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A591

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A591	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.084 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0b1',
    500: '#56a591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a591;
$custom-light: #8bc0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.81,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66564,
    "c": 0.08429,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A591

secondary

#BE99A2

accent

#607AC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A591

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

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