#56B097#56B097

#56B097 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.095 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B097
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 151)
HSL	hsl(163, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 14.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -33.11, 4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 33.43, 172.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0941 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.095 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9466, 35.2613, 34.7636)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B097 #B0566F

analogous

#56B06A #56B097 #569CB0

triadic

#56B097 #9756B0 #B09756

tetradic

#56B097 #6A56B0 #B0566F #9CB056

square

#56B097 #6A56B0 #B0566F #9CB056

split-complementary

#56B097 #B0569C #B06A56

monochromatic

#2C5F51 #408975 #56B097 #80C3B1 #A9D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#56B097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#56B097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B097

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B097	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.095 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8b5',
    500: '#56b097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b097;
$custom-light: #8cc8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 36.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69452,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B097

secondary

#C59DA8

accent

#5C7BCC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B097

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

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