#56A596#56A596

#56A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.082 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A596
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -28.07, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 28.07, 179.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0817 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.082 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7956, 31.0888, 33.6477)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A596 #A55665

analogous

#56A56F #56A596 #568DA5

triadic

#56A596 #9656A5 #A59656

tetradic

#56A596 #6F56A5 #A55665 #8DA556

square

#56A596 #6F56A5 #A55665 #8DA556

split-complementary

#56A596 #A5568D #A56F56

monochromatic

#2C554D #417D71 #56A596 #7DBBAF #A5D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#56A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#56A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A596

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A596	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.082 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0b4',
    500: '#56a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a596;
$custom-light: #8bc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.608,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66716,
    "c": 0.08169,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A596

secondary

#BE99A0

accent

#6074C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A596

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

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