#56B59E#56B59E

#56B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B59E
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -33.77, 3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 33.92, 174.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0967 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.097 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5305, 37.4924, 38.1798)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B59E #B5566D

analogous

#56B56F #56B59E #569CB5

triadic

#56B59E #9E56B5 #B59E56

tetradic

#56B59E #6F56B5 #B5566D #9CB556

square

#56B59E #6F56B5 #B5566D #9CB556

split-complementary

#56B59E #B5569C #B56F56

monochromatic

#2C6557 #3F8F7C #56B59E #81C8B6 #ABDACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#56B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B59E

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B59E	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbba',
    500: '#56b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b59e;
$custom-light: #8dcbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.474,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70884,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B59E

secondary

#C89FA9

accent

#5975CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B59E

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

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