#56B594#56B594

#56B594 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B594
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 148)
HSL	hsl(159, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 18.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -36.14, 8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 37.08, 167.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.1013 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.104 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7045, 37.1620, 33.8296)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B594 #B55677

analogous

#56B565 #56B594 #56A7B5

triadic

#56B594 #9456B5 #B59456

tetradic

#56B594 #6556B5 #B55677 #A7B556

square

#56B594 #6556B5 #B55677 #A7B556

split-complementary

#56B594 #B556A7 #B56556

monochromatic

#2C6551 #3F8F73 #56B594 #81C8AF #ABDACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56B594 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#56B594 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B594

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B594	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B594	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbb3',
    500: '#56b594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b594;
$custom-light: #8dcbb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.158,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70602,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B594

secondary

#C89FAD

accent

#5982CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B594

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

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