#56B796#56B796

#56B796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.105 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B796
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 18%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -36.59, 8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 37.49, 167.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.1026 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.105 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2737, 38.0451, 34.8071)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B796 #B75677

analogous

#56B766 #56B796 #56A7B7

triadic

#56B796 #9656B7 #B79656

tetradic

#56B796 #6656B7 #B75677 #A7B756

square

#56B796 #6656B7 #B75677 #A7B756

split-complementary

#56B796 #B756A7 #B76656

monochromatic

#2C6753 #3E9275 #56B796 #81C9B1 #ACDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56B796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#56B796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B796

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B796	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.105 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdb4',
    500: '#56b796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b796;
$custom-light: #8dcdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.588,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7115,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B796

secondary

#C99FAE

accent

#5881D0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B796

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →