#56B397#56B397

#56B397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.099 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B397
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -34.51, 5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 35.02, 170.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0976 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.099 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5413, 36.4507, 34.9619)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B397 #B35672

analogous

#56B369 #56B397 #56A1B3

triadic

#56B397 #9756B3 #B39756

tetradic

#56B397 #6956B3 #B35672 #A1B356

square

#56B397 #6956B3 #B35672 #A1B356

split-complementary

#56B397 #B356A1 #B36956

monochromatic

#2C6252 #3F8D75 #56B397 #80C6B1 #AAD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56B397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#56B397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B397

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B397	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.099 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccab5',
    500: '#56b397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b397;
$custom-light: #8ccab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.935,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70191,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B397

secondary

#C79EAA

accent

#5A7DCE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B397

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

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