#56B48A#56B48A

#56B48A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B48A
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 138)
HSL	hsl(153, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(153, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -37.91, 13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 40.10, 160.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.1048 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.11 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7443, 36.4538, 29.7722)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B48A #B45680

analogous

#56B45B #56B48A #56AFB4

triadic

#56B48A #8A56B4 #B48A56

tetradic

#56B48A #5B56B4 #B45680 #AFB456

square

#56B48A #5B56B4 #B45680 #AFB456

split-complementary

#56B48A #B456AF #B45B56

monochromatic

#2C634B #3F8E6B #56B48A #80C7A7 #ABDAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56B48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#56B48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B48A

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B48A	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)

#B2A988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbac',
    500: '#56b48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b48a;
$custom-light: #8ccbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.191,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B48A

secondary

#C79EB1

accent

#598ECE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0D1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B48A

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

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