#56B588#56B588

#56B588 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B588
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 136)
HSL	hsl(152, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 24.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -38.79, 14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 41.42, 159.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.1069 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.113 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8034, 36.8016, 29.0841)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B588 #B55683

analogous

#56B558 #56B588 #56B3B5

triadic

#56B588 #8856B5 #B58856

tetradic

#56B588 #5856B5 #B55683 #B3B556

square

#56B588 #5856B5 #B55683 #B3B556

split-complementary

#56B588 #B556B3 #B55856

monochromatic

#2C654A #3F8F69 #56B588 #81C8A6 #ABDAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56B588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#56B588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B588

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B588	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cccaa',
    500: '#56b588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b588;
$custom-light: #8cccaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.579,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70293,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B588

secondary

#C89FB2

accent

#5991CF

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1310

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B588

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

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