#56B79B#56B79B

#56B79B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.101 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B79B
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 155)
HSL	hsl(163, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 15.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -35.42, 5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 35.86, 171.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1003 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.101 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6850, 38.2096, 36.9729)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B79B #B75672

analogous

#56B76A #56B79B #56A3B7

triadic

#56B79B #9B56B7 #B79B56

tetradic

#56B79B #6A56B7 #B75672 #A3B756

square

#56B79B #6A56B7 #B75672 #A3B756

split-complementary

#56B79B #B756A3 #B76A56

monochromatic

#2C6756 #3E927A #56B79B #81C9B4 #ACDCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#56B79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B79B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B79B	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.101 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdb8',
    500: '#56b79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b79b;
$custom-light: #8dcdb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.68,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71289,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B79B

secondary

#C99FAC

accent

#587AD0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B79B

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

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