#56B697#56B697

#56B697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B697
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 17%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -35.90, 7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 36.62, 168.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.101 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.103 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1491, 37.6664, 35.1645)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B697 #B65675

analogous

#56B667 #56B697 #56A5B6

triadic

#56B697 #9756B6 #B69756

tetradic

#56B697 #6756B6 #B65675 #A5B656

square

#56B697 #6756B6 #B65675 #A5B656

split-complementary

#56B697 #B656A5 #B66756

monochromatic

#2C6653 #3E9076 #56B697 #81C8B1 #ABDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56B697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#56B697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B697

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B697	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccb5',
    500: '#56b697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b697;
$custom-light: #8dccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.625,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70931,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B697

secondary

#C99FAD

accent

#587FD0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B697

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

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