#56B396#56B396

#56B396 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.099 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B396
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 16.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -34.75, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 35.34, 169.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0981 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.099 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4604, 36.4184, 34.5360)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B396 #B35673

analogous

#56B368 #56B396 #56A2B3

triadic

#56B396 #9656B3 #B39656

tetradic

#56B396 #6856B3 #B35673 #A2B356

square

#56B396 #6856B3 #B35673 #A2B356

split-complementary

#56B396 #B356A2 #B36856

monochromatic

#2C6251 #3F8D74 #56B396 #80C6B0 #AAD9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56B396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#56B396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B396

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B396	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.099 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccab4',
    500: '#56b396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b396;
$custom-light: #8ccab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.29,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70163,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B396

secondary

#C79EAB

accent

#5A7ECE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B396

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

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