#56B899#56B899

#56B899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.104 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B899
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -36.35, 7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 37.03, 169.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.1024 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.104 170)
XYZ	xyz(26.7254, 38.5569, 36.1647)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B899 #B85675

analogous

#56B868 #56B899 #56A6B8

triadic

#56B899 #9956B8 #B89956

tetradic

#56B899 #6856B8 #B85675 #A6B856

square

#56B899 #6856B8 #B85675 #A6B856

split-complementary

#56B899 #B856A6 #B86856

monochromatic

#2C6855 #3E9378 #56B899 #81CAB3 #ACDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#56B899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#56B899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B899

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B899	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.104 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceb7',
    500: '#56b899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b899;
$custom-light: #8dceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.02,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71479,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.38559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B899

secondary

#CAA0AD

accent

#577ED1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B899

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

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