#56B79E#56B79E

#56B79E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.099 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B79E
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 13.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -34.70, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 34.94, 173.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0989 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.099 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9400, 38.3116, 38.3163)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B79E #B7566F

analogous

#56B76D #56B79E #569FB7

triadic

#56B79E #9E56B7 #B79E56

tetradic

#56B79E #6D56B7 #B7566F #9FB756

square

#56B79E #6D56B7 #B7566F #9FB756

split-complementary

#56B79E #B7569F #B76D56

monochromatic

#2C6758 #3E927C #56B79E #81C9B7 #ACDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#56B79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#56B79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B79E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B79E	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B2AD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.099 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdba',
    500: '#56b79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b79e;
$custom-light: #8dcdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.536,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71374,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B79E

secondary

#C99FAA

accent

#5877D0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B79E

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

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