#56AF97#56AF97

#56AF97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.094 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AF97
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 13.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -32.64, 4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 32.90, 172.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.093 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.094 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7512, 34.8706, 34.6985)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AF97 #AF566E

analogous

#56AF6A #56AF97 #569AAF

triadic

#56AF97 #9756AF #AF9756

tetradic

#56AF97 #6A56AF #AF566E #9AAF56

square

#56AF97 #6A56AF #AF566E #9AAF56

split-complementary

#56AF97 #AF569A #AF6A56

monochromatic

#2D5E51 #408874 #56AF97 #80C3B1 #A9D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#56AF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#56AF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AF97

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AF97	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56af97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.094 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7b5',
    500: '#56af97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56af97;
$custom-light: #8cc7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56af97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.82,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69205,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AF97

secondary

#C49DA7

accent

#5C7ACC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AF97

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

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