#56B799#56B799

#56B799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B799
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 16.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -35.89, 6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 36.50, 169.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.1012 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.103 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5184, 38.1429, 36.0957)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B799 #B75674

analogous

#56B768 #56B799 #56A5B7

triadic

#56B799 #9956B7 #B79956

tetradic

#56B799 #6856B7 #B75674 #A5B756

square

#56B799 #6856B7 #B75674 #A5B756

split-complementary

#56B799 #B756A5 #B76856

monochromatic

#2C6755 #3E9278 #56B799 #81C9B3 #ACDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#56B799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B799

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B799	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdb7',
    500: '#56b799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b799;
$custom-light: #8dcdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.443,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71233,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B799

secondary

#C99FAC

accent

#587DD0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B799

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

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