#56B39A#56B39A

#56B39A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.097 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B39A
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 154)
HSL	hsl(164, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 14%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -33.80, 4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 34.08, 172.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0962 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.097 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7880, 36.5494, 36.2614)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B39A #B3566F

analogous

#56B36C #56B39A #569EB3

triadic

#56B39A #9A56B3 #B39A56

tetradic

#56B39A #6C56B3 #B3566F #9EB356

square

#56B39A #6C56B3 #B3566F #9EB356

split-complementary

#56B39A #B3569E #B36C56

monochromatic

#2C6254 #3F8D78 #56B39A #80C6B3 #AAD9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56B39A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#56B39A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B39A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B39A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B39A	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b39a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.097 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcab7',
    500: '#56b39a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b39a;
$custom-light: #8dcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b39a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.871,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70276,
    "c": 0.09685,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B39A

secondary

#C79EA9

accent

#5A79CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B39A

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

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