#56B89E#56B89E

#56B89E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B89E
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(164, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -35.17, 4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 35.45, 172.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.1001 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.101 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1470, 38.7256, 38.3853)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B89E #B85670

analogous

#56B86D #56B89E #56A1B8

triadic

#56B89E #9E56B8 #B89E56

tetradic

#56B89E #6D56B8 #B85670 #A1B856

square

#56B89E #6D56B8 #B85670 #A1B856

split-complementary

#56B89E #B856A1 #B86D56

monochromatic

#2C6858 #3E937C #56B89E #81CAB7 #ACDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56B89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#56B89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B89E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B89E	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dceba',
    500: '#56b89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b89e;
$custom-light: #8dceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.082,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7162,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B89E

secondary

#CAA0AB

accent

#5777D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B89E

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

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