#56B494#56B494

#56B494 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.102 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B494
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 148)
HSL	hsl(160, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 17.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -35.68, 7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 36.54, 167.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.1001 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.102 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5019, 36.7568, 33.7621)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B494 #B45676

analogous

#56B465 #56B494 #56A5B4

triadic

#56B494 #9456B4 #B49456

tetradic

#56B494 #6556B4 #B45676 #A5B456

square

#56B494 #6556B4 #B45676 #A5B456

split-complementary

#56B494 #B456A5 #B46556

monochromatic

#2C6351 #3F8E73 #56B494 #80C7AF #ABDACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56B494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#56B494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B494

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B494	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.102 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbb3',
    500: '#56b494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b494;
$custom-light: #8dcbb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.574,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70355,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B494

secondary

#C79EAC

accent

#5981CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B494

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

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