#56B79D#56B79D

#56B79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.100 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B79D
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -34.95, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 35.24, 172.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0994 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.1 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8543, 38.2773, 37.8648)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B79D #B75670

analogous

#56B76D #56B79D #56A0B7

triadic

#56B79D #9D56B7 #B79D56

tetradic

#56B79D #6D56B7 #B75670 #A0B756

square

#56B79D #6D56B7 #B75670 #A0B756

split-complementary

#56B79D #B756A0 #B76D56

monochromatic

#2C6757 #3E927B #56B79D #81C9B6 #ACDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#56B79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B79D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B79D	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.100 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdb9',
    500: '#56b79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b79d;
$custom-light: #8dcdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.918,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71346,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B79D

secondary

#C99FAB

accent

#5878D0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B79D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →