#56B59A#56B59A

#56B59A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B59A
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(163, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 14.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -34.73, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 35.13, 171.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0985 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.099 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1918, 37.3569, 36.3959)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B59A #B55671

analogous

#56B56A #56B59A #56A1B5

triadic

#56B59A #9A56B5 #B59A56

tetradic

#56B59A #6A56B5 #B55671 #A1B556

square

#56B59A #6A56B5 #B55671 #A1B556

split-complementary

#56B59A #B556A1 #B56A56

monochromatic

#2C6554 #3F8F78 #56B59A #81C8B3 #ABDACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#56B59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#56B59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B59A

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B59A	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbb7',
    500: '#56b59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b59a;
$custom-light: #8dcbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.947,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B59A

secondary

#C89FAA

accent

#597ACF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B59A

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

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