#56B596#56B596

#56B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B596
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -35.67, 7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 36.41, 168.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.1003 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.102 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8642, 37.2259, 34.6706)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B596 #B55675

analogous

#56B566 #56B596 #56A5B5

triadic

#56B596 #9656B5 #B59656

tetradic

#56B596 #6656B5 #B55675 #A5B556

square

#56B596 #6656B5 #B55675 #A5B556

split-complementary

#56B596 #B556A5 #B56656

monochromatic

#2C6552 #3F8F75 #56B596 #81C8B0 #ABDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#56B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B596

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B596	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbb4',
    500: '#56b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b596;
$custom-light: #8dcbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.421,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70657,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B596

secondary

#C89FAC

accent

#597FCF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B596

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

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