#56B896#56B896

#56B896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B896
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -37.05, 8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 38.03, 166.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.1038 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.106 168)
XYZ	xyz(26.4807, 38.4590, 34.8761)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B896 #B85678

analogous

#56B865 #56B896 #56A9B8

triadic

#56B896 #9656B8 #B89656

tetradic

#56B896 #6556B8 #B85678 #A9B856

square

#56B896 #6556B8 #B85678 #A9B856

split-complementary

#56B896 #B856A9 #B86556

monochromatic

#2C6853 #3E9375 #56B896 #81CAB1 #ACDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#56B896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#56B896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B896

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B896	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceb4',
    500: '#56b896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b896;
$custom-light: #8dceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.184,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71397,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.38461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B896

secondary

#CAA0AE

accent

#5781D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B896

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

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