#56B38E#56B38E

#56B38E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.105 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B38E
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 142)
HSL	hsl(156, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(156, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 20.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -36.58, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 38.07, 163.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.1018 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.105 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8381, 36.1695, 31.2584)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B38E #B3567B

analogous

#56B360 #56B38E #56AAB3

triadic

#56B38E #8E56B3 #B38E56

tetradic

#56B38E #6056B3 #B3567B #AAB356

square

#56B38E #6056B3 #B3567B #AAB356

split-complementary

#56B38E #B356AA #B36056

monochromatic

#2C624D #3F8D6E #56B38E #80C6AA #AAD9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56B38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#56B38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B38E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B38E	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.105 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccaaf',
    500: '#56b38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b38e;
$custom-light: #8ccaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.129,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69947,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B38E

secondary

#C79EAE

accent

#5A88CE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0D1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B38E

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

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