#56B196#56B196

#56B196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.097 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B196
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -33.82, 5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 34.27, 170.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0958 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.097 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0625, 35.6225, 34.4034)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B196 #B15671

analogous

#56B169 #56B196 #569FB1

triadic

#56B196 #9656B1 #B19656

tetradic

#56B196 #6956B1 #B15671 #9FB156

square

#56B196 #6956B1 #B15671 #9FB156

split-complementary

#56B196 #B1569F #B16956

monochromatic

#2C6051 #408A74 #56B196 #80C4B0 #AAD8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#56B196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#56B196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B196

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B196	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.097 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9b4',
    500: '#56b196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b196;
$custom-light: #8cc9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.198,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6967,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B196

secondary

#C59DA9

accent

#5B7DCD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B196

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

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