#56B486#56B486

#56B486 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.113 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B486
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(151, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(151, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 25.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -38.77, 15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 41.62, 158.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.1067 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.113 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4600, 36.3401, 28.2750)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B486 #B45684

analogous

#56B457 #56B486 #56B3B4

triadic

#56B486 #8656B4 #B48656

tetradic

#56B486 #5756B4 #B45684 #B3B456

square

#56B486 #5756B4 #B45684 #B3B456

split-complementary

#56B486 #B456B3 #B45756

monochromatic

#2C6348 #3F8E67 #56B486 #80C7A4 #ABDAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56B486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#56B486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B486

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B486	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.113 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccba9',
    500: '#56b486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b486;
$custom-light: #8ccba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.638,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69994,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B486

secondary

#C79EB2

accent

#5993CE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0D1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B486

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

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