#56B488#56B488

#56B488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B488
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(152, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 24.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -38.35, 14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 40.85, 159.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.1057 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.112 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6008, 36.3964, 29.0166)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B488 #B45682

analogous

#56B459 #56B488 #56B1B4

triadic

#56B488 #8856B4 #B48856

tetradic

#56B488 #5956B4 #B45682 #B1B456

square

#56B488 #5956B4 #B45682 #B1B456

split-complementary

#56B488 #B456B1 #B45956

monochromatic

#2C634A #3F8E69 #56B488 #80C7A6 #ABDAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56B488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#56B488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B488

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B488	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#B2A886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbaa',
    500: '#56b488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b488;
$custom-light: #8ccbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.915,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70043,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B488

secondary

#C79EB2

accent

#5990CE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0D1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B488

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

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