#56B59D#56B59D

#56B59D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.098 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B59D
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 13.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -34.01, 3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 34.21, 173.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0971 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.098 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4447, 37.4581, 37.7283)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B59D #B5566E

analogous

#56B56D #56B59D #569EB5

triadic

#56B59D #9D56B5 #B59D56

tetradic

#56B59D #6D56B5 #B5566E #9EB556

square

#56B59D #6D56B5 #B5566E #9EB556

split-complementary

#56B59D #B5569E #B56D56

monochromatic

#2C6556 #3F8F7B #56B59D #81C8B6 #ABDACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56B59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#56B59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B59D

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B59D	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.098 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbb9',
    500: '#56b59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b59d;
$custom-light: #8dcbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.842,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70855,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B59D

secondary

#C89FA9

accent

#5977CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B59D

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

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