#56B485#56B485

#56B485 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B485
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 133)
HSL	hsl(150, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(150, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 26.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -38.98, 15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 42.00, 158.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.1071 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.114 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3906, 36.3123, 27.9094)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B485 #B45685

analogous

#56B456 #56B485 #56B4B4

triadic

#56B485 #8556B4 #B48556

tetradic

#56B485 #5656B4 #B45685 #B4B456

square

#56B485 #5656B4 #B45685 #B4B456

split-complementary

#56B485 #B456B4 #B45656

monochromatic

#2C6348 #3F8E66 #56B485 #80C7A4 #ABDAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56B485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#56B485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B485

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B485	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccba8',
    500: '#56b485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b485;
$custom-light: #8ccba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6997,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B485

secondary

#C79EB3

accent

#5994CE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0D130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B485

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

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