#56B09D#56B09D

#56B09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.091 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B09D
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 10.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -31.65, 1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 31.69, 177.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0914 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.091 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4463, 35.4612, 37.3955)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B09D #B05669

analogous

#56B070 #56B09D #5696B0

triadic

#56B09D #9D56B0 #B09D56

tetradic

#56B09D #7056B0 #B05669 #96B056

square

#56B09D #7056B0 #B05669 #96B056

split-complementary

#56B09D #B05696 #B07056

monochromatic

#2C5F54 #408979 #56B09D #80C3B5 #A9D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56B09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#56B09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B09D

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B09D	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.091 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8b9',
    500: '#56b09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b09d;
$custom-light: #8cc8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.333,
    "s": 36.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69628,
    "c": 0.09147,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B09D

secondary

#C59DA5

accent

#5C73CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B09D

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

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