#56B49D#56B49D

#56B49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.096 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B49D
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -33.54, 3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 33.70, 174.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.096 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.096 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2421, 37.0529, 37.6608)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B49D #B4566D

analogous

#56B46E #56B49D #569CB4

triadic

#56B49D #9D56B4 #B49D56

tetradic

#56B49D #6E56B4 #B4566D #9CB456

square

#56B49D #6E56B4 #B4566D #9CB456

split-complementary

#56B49D #B4569C #B46E56

monochromatic

#2C6356 #3F8E7B #56B49D #80C7B6 #ABDACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#56B49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#56B49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B49D

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B49D	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.096 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbb9',
    500: '#56b49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b49d;
$custom-light: #8dcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.319,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70609,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B49D

secondary

#C79EA8

accent

#5976CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B49D

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

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